David Hecht
Biographic Data
| ID | 383122 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Hecht |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Hecht |
| SIGNATURE | HECHT D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Pace University New York City |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2915-1649 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 32 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 32 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1945 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Hitler’s Atomic Bomb
Picturing Ecology
Monk Picnic
On his first day in Bhutan, the author remembers witnessing a sunrise and meeting monk Tenzin. They embark on a journey to a monk picnic, welcomed warmly by Buddhist nuns into a van. The author's clumsy attempt to offer khadar causes laughter, but the accomplished master kindly corrects him. They enjoy a colorful feast, share laughter, and forget their ride home. Tenzin expresses gratitude, and the author reciprocates, walking back, shoes muddy b…
Joel Berger
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…
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
In Sputnik’s Shadow
Reviewed by: In Sputnik's Shadow: The President's Science Advisory Committee and Cold War America David Hecht (bio) In Sputnik's Shadow: The President's Science Advisory Committee and Cold War America. By Zuoyue Wang. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 2008. Pp. xix+454. $49.95. Zuoyue Wang's In Sputnik's Shadow is an impressive book; it provides a thorough, sophisticated, and convincing account of the President's Science Advisory Com…
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…
Something for Nothing
When the Spirit Is Dead
Research Article| May 01 1995 WHEN THE SPIRIT IS DEAD David Hecht David Hecht David Hecht currently writes on African politics and economics for the UN Journal Africa Recovery Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Nka (1995) 1995 (2): 53–57. https://doi.org/10.1215/10757163-2-1-53 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation David Hecht; WHEN THE SPIRIT IS DEAD. Nka 1 November 1995; 1995 (2): 53–57…
Masking magic ambiguity in contemporary African political and cultural practices
International Relations and Politics
Europe
Europe
Europe
Europe
International Relations and Politics
Europe
Sociology
International Relations and Politics
The History of Russia and Eastern Europe
Siberia and the Exile System
Plekhanov and American Socialism
Russian Radicals Look to America, 1825-1894
When the Spirit Is Dead
Research Article| May 01 1995 WHEN THE SPIRIT IS DEAD David Hecht David Hecht David Hecht currently writes on African politics and economics for the UN Journal Africa Recovery Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Nka (1995) 1995 (2): 53–57. https://doi.org/10.1215/10757163-2-1-53 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation David Hecht; WHEN THE SPIRIT IS DEAD. Nka 1 November 1995; 1995 (2): 53–57…
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…
Chernyshevsky and American Influence on Russia
Longfellow in Russia
"Laughing Allegra" Meets an Ogre
One of my earliest meetings with a noted man was when Michael Bakunin dined at our house, November 27, 1861. The Century dictionary defines him as 'Michael Bakunin, a Russian Socialist and political agitator, regarded as the founder of Nihilism.' My father wrote of him, 'Mr. Bakunin is a Russian gentleman of education and ability, a giant of a man with a most ardent, seething temperament. He was in the Revolution of Forty-eight, has seen the insi…
Lavrov and Longfellow
Russian Radicals Look to America, 1825–1894
Russian Radicals Look to America
Russian Radicals Look to America, 1825-1894
Journal Article Russian Radicals Look to America, 1825–1894. By David Hecht. (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1947. ix + 242 pp. Note on transliteration, bibliography, and index. $4.00.) Get access John Sheldon Curtiss John Sheldon Curtiss Duke University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 35, Issue 1, June 1948, Page 124, https://doi.org/10.2307/1895160 Published: 01 …
Russian Radicals Look to America, 1825-1894
Plekhanov and American Socialism
Siberia and the Exile System
The History of Russia and Eastern Europe
International Relations and Politics
International Relations and Politics
Europe
Sociology
Europe
Europe
Europe
Europe
International Relations and Politics
Masking magic ambiguity in contemporary African political and cultural practices
When the Spirit Is Dead
Research Article| May 01 1995 WHEN THE SPIRIT IS DEAD David Hecht David Hecht David Hecht currently writes on African politics and economics for the UN Journal Africa Recovery Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Nka (1995) 1995 (2): 53–57. https://doi.org/10.1215/10757163-2-1-53 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation David Hecht; WHEN THE SPIRIT IS DEAD. Nka 1 November 1995; 1995 (2): 53–57…
Something for Nothing
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…
In Sputnik’s Shadow
Reviewed by: In Sputnik's Shadow: The President's Science Advisory Committee and Cold War America David Hecht (bio) In Sputnik's Shadow: The President's Science Advisory Committee and Cold War America. By Zuoyue Wang. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 2008. Pp. xix+454. $49.95. Zuoyue Wang's In Sputnik's Shadow is an impressive book; it provides a thorough, sophisticated, and convincing account of the President's Science Advisory Com…
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