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Isotopes in the Garden a Narrative of the Atomic Age and its Legacy in the Global Landscape.

Record Type:	Language materials, manuscript : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Isotopes in the Garden a Narrative of the Atomic Age and its Legacy in the Global Landscape./
Author:	Young, Thomas Joseph.
Description:	1 online resource (126 pages)
Notes:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 57-02.
Subject:	Landscape architecture. -
Online resource:	click for full text (PQDT)
ISBN:	9780355550900

Isotopes in the Garden a Narrative of the Atomic Age and its Legacy in the Global Landscape.
Young, Thomas Joseph.

Isotopes in the Garden a Narrative of the Atomic Age and its Legacy in the Global Landscape. - 1 online resource (126 pages)

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 57-02.

Thesis (M.L.A.)--Rutgers The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick, 2017.

Includes bibliographical references

The following is a narrative, which explores the age of nuclear enlightenment---or the Atomic Age---and its physical ramifications within the landscape. This era---starting with the discovery of radioactivity in 1898 and continuing through today---began with a belief in progress towards a brighter tomorrow, but ended in destructive actions that will continue to decay within our soils and bones for millions of years into the future. Following the stories of key people, such as Marie Curie, Robert Oppenheimer, and Edward Teller, this thesis tells a story, which even though it is historically recent, it is unknown to people of the millennial generation---those born from the early 1980s through the early 2000s. To tell the story, the thesis draws upon science, politics, history, and pop-culture and employs a specific representation technique that draws from mid-twentieth century movie animation. Based upon the author's own experiences, the thesis argues that the millennial generation is less informed of, less motivated by, or less interested in the legacies of the Atomic Age. Ultimately, the thesis seeks to remedy this detachment from this historically relevant narrative. To do this, the thesis explores the physical ramifications of nuclear ingenuity over the last 120 years, which has resulted in the unintentional and global spread of radioactive isotopes via atmospheric nuclear weapons testing and nuclear meltdowns. This radioactive debris has become embedded within our earth's crust, plants, animals, and bodies, where it will decay for millions of years into the future. This paper hopes to engage the readers with this reality and transform their perspective of this age from a distant past to an imminent present and future.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2018

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9780355550900Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Landscape architecture.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

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Electronic books.

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