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