{"product_id":"universe-of-two-paperback","title":"Universe of Two - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStephen P. Kiernan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Stephen Kiernan has pulled off the nearly impossible...The most tender, terrifying, relevant book you'll read this year.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e -- Jenna Blum, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThose Who Save Us\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Lost Family\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the critically acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eThe Baker's Secret\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Curiosity\u003c\/em\u003e comes a novel of conscience, love, and redemption--a fascinating fictionalized account of the life of Charlie Fisk, a gifted mathematician who was drafted into Manhattan Project and ordered against his morals to build the detonator for the atomic bomb. With his musician wife, he spends his postwar life seeking redemption--and they find it together.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGraduating from Harvard at the height of World War II, brilliant mathematician Charlie Fish is assigned to the Manhattan Project. Working with some of the age's greatest scientific minds, including J. Robert Oppenheimer, Enrico Fermi, and Leo Szilard, Charlie is assigned the task of designing and building the detonator of the atomic bomb.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs he performs that work Charlie suffers a crisis of conscience, which his wife, Brenda--unaware of the true nature of Charlie's top-secret task--mistakes as self-doubt. She urges him to set aside his qualms and continue. Once the bombs strike Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the feelings of culpability devastate him and Brenda. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the war's end, Charlie receives a scholarship to pursue a PhD in physics at Stanford--an opportunity he and Brenda hope will allow them a fresh start. But the past proves inescapable. All any of his new colleagues can talk about is the bomb, and what greater atomic weapons might be on the horizon. Haunted by guilt, Charlie and Brenda leave Stanford and decide to dedicate the rest of their lives to making amends for the evil he helped to birth into the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on the life of the actual mathematician Charles B. Fisk, \u003cem\u003eUniverse of Two\u003c\/em\u003e combines riveting historical drama with a poignant love story. Stephen Kiernan has conjured a remarkable account of two people struggling to heal their consciences and find peace in a world forever changed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.7 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 27, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768162025760,"sku":"9780062878458","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b0f9959ba8cdc5971bff9c19e0c0c2f4.webp?v=1780326130","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/universe-of-two-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}