| Join A Discussion on the Ethics Involved in the Making of the First Atom Bomb |
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| Sunday, 19 September 2004 | |||||||
 Reflections on Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb September 30, 2004 at 5:30 pm Drayton Hall Theatre Free Admission / Reception following In celebration of the newly formed College of Arts and Sciences, this event, in conjunction with the Department of Theatre and Dance’s production of The Love Song of J. Robert Oppenheimer, explores the intersection of science, philosophy, and art. Speakers John M. Palms, PhD University of South Carolina Distinguished University Professor Distinguished President Emeritus Dr. Palms was a nuclear weapons officer with Los Alamos and Livermore National Laboratories in the post-World War II era. He is currently chairman of the Board of the Institute for Defense Analyses. He is best known to the Columbia community for eleven years outstanding service as USC President. His scientific work has focused on low-energy basic atomic and nuclear physics and the effects of radiation on humans and the environment. Don A. Howard, PhD University of Notre Dame Department of Philosophy Howard is an historian and philosopher of science who has done extensive work on Einstein and the history of twentieth century physics, including work on science in a social and moral context. He is the Director of the Program in History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Notre Dame. Amongst many other publications, Howard was an assistant editor of The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. Carson Kreitzer Author The Love Song of J. Robert Oppenheimer Kreitzer’s The Love Song of J. Robert Oppenheimer won the Lois and Richard Rosenthal New Play Prize, the Barry Stavis Award, and the American Theatre Critics’ Steinberg New Play Citation, and was a finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. Kreitzer holds a degree in Theater and Literature from Yale University and is currently pursuing an MFA at the Michener Center for Writers in Austin, Texas.
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