The New Zealanders
- 186pagine
- 7 ore di lettura
Book by Stone, Douglas M
Graham Billing Ordine dei libri
Graham Billing è stato un romanziere neozelandese le cui opere sono caratterizzate da un'intelligenza discriminante e da una portata mozzafiato. La sua scrittura esplora spesso temi profondi, quasi biblici, con uno stile narrativo unico. Attingendo a un background nel giornalismo e nella navigazione marittima, porta una ricca prospettiva nelle sue storie, immergendo i lettori in mondi pienamente realizzati. I suoi contributi letterari sono definiti dalla profondità e dall'ampiezza dei suoi romanzi, che hanno lasciato un'impressione duratura nel panorama letterario.
- 1980
- 1965
South Man and Nature in Antarctica, a New Zealand View
- 293pagine
- 11 ore di lettura
Among the many technical innovations that were introduced after World War II, none left as strong an impression on the public as the atom bombs that destroyed two Japanese cities in August 1945. People spoke of the atomic age that had now begun, as if this technological innovation would, all by itself, shape a new world. The atomic age was described as one that might soon end in the destruction of human civilization, but from the beginning, utopian images were attached to it as well. Nuclear technology offered the promise of applications in medicine, agriculture, and engineering, and nuclear power could theoretically provide an unlimited supply of energy. This book demonstrates and explains how the popular media represented nuclear power, in its military and non-military forms. It focuses on the first two decades of the atomic age, when national governments, military strategists, scientists, and the public attempted to come to terms with a technology that so drastically seemed to change the prospects for the future. Popular magazines, comics, newspapers, public exhibitions from across the world are examined to compare representations of nuclear power in different countries and to trace divergences, convergences, and exchanges.
