Albuquerque. 2017. October 2017. University of New Mexico Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 9780826358837. 6 � 9. Mary Burritt Christiansen Poetry Series. 224 pages. paperback. keywords: American Literature Poetry. DESCRIPTION - Human frailty and genius, human work of horror and salvation, human foibles and superhuman forces: in Critical Assembly John Canaday deploys lyric poetry, with terrific formal intelligence, to tell anew the enduring, fate-ridden story of the Manhattan Project.' - Robert Pinsky, former US Poet Laureate. With technical mastery and remarkable empathy, John Canaday introduces readers to the people involved in the creation and testing of the first atomic bomb, from initial theoretical conversations to the secretive work at Los Alamos. Critical Assembly also includes brief biographies, notes, and a bibliography for further exploration about this critical event in world history. inventory #42022.

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Critical Assembly: Poems of the Manhattan Project

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University of New Mexico Press

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2017

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English

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0826358837

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paperback

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First Edition.

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Very Good in Wrappers

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With technical mastery and remarkable empathy, Canaday introduces readers to the people involved in the creation and testing of the first atomic bomb, from initial theoretical conversations to the secretive work at Los Alamos. Critical Assembly also includes brief biographies, notes, and a bibliography for further exploration about this critical event in world history.

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John Canaday is the author of The Invisible World: Poems and The Nuclear Muse: Literature, Physics, and the First Atomic Bombs. His poetry has been widely published.

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