David K Hecht
Biographic Data
| ID | 1123109 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David K Hecht |
| GIVEN NAMES | David K |
| FAMILY NAME | Hecht |
| SIGNATURE | HECHT D K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bodwin College , Brunswick, Maine |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Hitler’s Atomic Bomb
Cleaning Up the Bomb Factory
Picturing Ecology
Rachel Carson and the Rhetoric of Revolution
Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring is justly remembered as a landmark in the history of modern environmentalism. It is, however, a more complicated text than cultural memory tends to acknowledge. Blending conservative and traditional elements with more progressive and pioneering ones, Silent Spring is marked by a complexity that extends to its reception and legacy. This article argues that—in a seeming paradox—it was the more conservative elements of …
Why we write (nuclear) history
Nuclear history always compels. Scholars (and readers) can immerse themselves in the existential threat posed by the atomic bomb and its successor weapons, the tantalizing prospect of carbon-free energy, or the study of a natural phenomenon deeply at odds with our everyday experience of the world. There is thus always something profound at stake when we write nuclear history – be it physical, economic or intellectual. And while it may seem that t…
Storytelling and Science
Journal Article Storytelling and Science: Rewriting Oppenheimer in the Nuclear Age Get access By David K. Hecht. (Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2015. xvi, 190 pp. Cloth, $90.00. Paper, $26.95.) Journal of American History, Volume 103, Issue 1, June 2016, Pages 251–252, https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jaw127 Published: 01 June 2016
A Nuclear Narrative
This article explores the rhetorical strategies employed by Robert Oppenheimer in a personal narrative he wrote in 1954, defending himself against McCarthy-era charges that he was unfit for continued government employment. It argues that this personal narrative was central to establishing his public authority at this culturally tense moment, particularly in terms of his standing as a trustworthy atomic scientist
The Atomic Hero
This article explores the nature and construction of Robert Oppenheimer's public image in the early Cold War. It argues that non-scientific attributes were the defining features of his increasingly iconic status, and it traces the evolution of how those non-scientific attributes interacted with scientific achievement in his public image from 1945-1954. Oppenheimer, as the "father of the atomic bomb," presents a telling case study which sheds ligh…
Rachel Carson and the Rhetoric of Revolution
Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring is justly remembered as a landmark in the history of modern environmentalism. It is, however, a more complicated text than cultural memory tends to acknowledge. Blending conservative and traditional elements with more progressive and pioneering ones, Silent Spring is marked by a complexity that extends to its reception and legacy. This article argues that—in a seeming paradox—it was the more conservative elements of …
Why we write (nuclear) history
Nuclear history always compels. Scholars (and readers) can immerse themselves in the existential threat posed by the atomic bomb and its successor weapons, the tantalizing prospect of carbon-free energy, or the study of a natural phenomenon deeply at odds with our everyday experience of the world. There is thus always something profound at stake when we write nuclear history – be it physical, economic or intellectual. And while it may seem that t…
The Atomic Hero
This article explores the nature and construction of Robert Oppenheimer's public image in the early Cold War. It argues that non-scientific attributes were the defining features of his increasingly iconic status, and it traces the evolution of how those non-scientific attributes interacted with scientific achievement in his public image from 1945-1954. Oppenheimer, as the "father of the atomic bomb," presents a telling case study which sheds ligh…
The Atomic Hero
This article explores the nature and construction of Robert Oppenheimer's public image in the early Cold War. It argues that non-scientific attributes were the defining features of his increasingly iconic status, and it traces the evolution of how those non-scientific attributes interacted with scientific achievement in his public image from 1945-1954. Oppenheimer, as the "father of the atomic bomb," presents a telling case study which sheds ligh…
A Nuclear Narrative
This article explores the rhetorical strategies employed by Robert Oppenheimer in a personal narrative he wrote in 1954, defending himself against McCarthy-era charges that he was unfit for continued government employment. It argues that this personal narrative was central to establishing his public authority at this culturally tense moment, particularly in terms of his standing as a trustworthy atomic scientist
Storytelling and Science
Journal Article Storytelling and Science: Rewriting Oppenheimer in the Nuclear Age Get access By David K. Hecht. (Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2015. xvi, 190 pp. Cloth, $90.00. Paper, $26.95.) Journal of American History, Volume 103, Issue 1, June 2016, Pages 251–252, https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jaw127 Published: 01 June 2016
Why we write (nuclear) history
Nuclear history always compels. Scholars (and readers) can immerse themselves in the existential threat posed by the atomic bomb and its successor weapons, the tantalizing prospect of carbon-free energy, or the study of a natural phenomenon deeply at odds with our everyday experience of the world. There is thus always something profound at stake when we write nuclear history – be it physical, economic or intellectual. And while it may seem that t…
Rachel Carson and the Rhetoric of Revolution
Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring is justly remembered as a landmark in the history of modern environmentalism. It is, however, a more complicated text than cultural memory tends to acknowledge. Blending conservative and traditional elements with more progressive and pioneering ones, Silent Spring is marked by a complexity that extends to its reception and legacy. This article argues that—in a seeming paradox—it was the more conservative elements of …
Picturing Ecology
Cleaning Up the Bomb Factory
Hitler’s Atomic Bomb
Art (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Literature (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · American Environmental and Regional History (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Environmental ethics (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works)