In his now famous article
On Science and Culture," the father of the atom bomb, J. Robert Oppenheimer, addressed what he saw as the power of science on society, as well as science?s responsibility in society. To
what does Oppenheimer attribute science?s power? What is the
responsibility of science on society? And in what way could Full
Body Burden exemplify the ethos of Oppenheimer?s stance?
Oppenheimers article can be found in your reader beginning on
pg. 261; elsewhere online it can be found as Oppenheimer, J.
Robert. ?On Science and Culture? Encounter October 1962: 3-10.
