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Schevill, James, 1920-2009

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1920-06-10 - 2009-01-30

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

The Roaring Market and the Silent Tomb / Schevill, James ; Porter B., 1957

 Item
Identifier: CC-32081-33616
Scope and Contents

This book is a biography of Bern Porter and his work as an avant garde artist and physicist. Porter worked on the atomic bomb project and quit his job when the bomb fell. The book describes his struggles of conscience and his attempt to find himself through his publishing venture and through research combining experimental scientific methods with artistic techniques. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1957