The Theatre of Nuclear Science

Dr. Jeanne Tiehen is Assistant Professor of Theatre at Susquehanna University, Pennsylvania, USA.

Acknowledgements

Introduction: The Nuclear Stage

0.1 Seeing Science as a Part of Culture, Us, and I

0.2 Using Phenomenology

0.3 History in the Making

Chapter One: A Matter of Time








Copenhagen’s Uncertainty of Time and Truth



Time Off Stage, Time On Stage



Exploring Nuclear Science Museums: Timelines, Space, and Place



Conclusion: A Tense Time



Chapter Two: The Power of a Human

2.1 In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Scientist on Trial

2.2 Embodiment on Stage and of History

2.3 Reykjavik and the Negotiations for all Humankind

2.4 Conclusion: Human Perspective

Chapter Three: Doomful Disaster and Responsibility

3.1 The Children and the Question of Guilt

3.2 The Phenomenology of Doom on Stage and Ethical Responses

3.3 Illuminating Invisible Dangers and Deciding Responsibility in Chernobyl

3.4 Conclusion: Power Problems

Chapter Four: The Limits of Reason

4.1 End of the World and Logical Loopholes

4.2 The Impossible Humor of Nuclear Weapons

4.3 The Physicists and Sensible Absurdity

4.4 Conclusion: The Last Laugh

Chapter Five: Future Imaginings

5.1 Possibilities on Stage: Three Plays that Look Ahead

5.2 Visions of the Future on Stage

5.3 Conclusion: Tethered to the Future

Conclusion: An Ending Untold

Index