written and directed by hilary lawson 2 gunther s. stent , the coming of the golden age : a view of the end of progress ( the american museum of natural history , the natural history press , garden city , 1969 ) ______________________________ chapter 6 : science on the ropes while the quantum revolution dealt it a serious blow , the public perception of science did not significantly change until august 6 , 1945 , when we dropped the atomic bomb on hiroshima .