Fathering the unthinkable : masculinity, scientists and the nuclear arms race / Brian Easlea.

London : Pluto Press, 1983.

230 pages ; 20 cm.

This book was donated as part of the British Society for Social Responsibility in Science (BSSRS) archive held by Wellcome Collection, reference SA/BSR https://wellcomecollection.org/works/k2nhy9hf

Copy 1. Donor: British Society for Social Responsibility in Science (BSSRS).

Introduction -- 1. Compulsive masculinity: 'something at work in my soul, which I do not understand' -- 2. The discovery of the philosopher's stone: 'they penetrate into the recesses of nature, and show how she works in her hiding places' -- 3. Alamogordo, Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 'almost full grown at birth' -- 4. The creation of the hydrogen bomb: 'one of the most fantastic adventures that a scientist can have' -- 5. When the ice breaks: 'some questions have to remain unanswered. At some point we have to stop' -- Afterword.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-223) and index.