Robert Oppenheimer, a life inside the center, Ray Monk
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Robert Oppenheimer, a life inside the center, Ray Monk
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [769]-790) and index
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non fiction
Main title
Robert Oppenheimer
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bibliography
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828190062
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Ray Monk
Sub title
a life inside the center
Summary
An exploration of the enigma of Robert Oppenheimer's life and personality and his contributions to the revolution in twentieth-century physics
Table Of Contents
1904-1926. "Amerika, du hast es besser" : Oppenheimer's German Jewish background ; Childhood ; First love : New Mexico ; Harvard ; Cambridge -- 1926-1941. Göttingen ; Postdoctoral fellow ; An American school of theoretical physics ; Unstable cores ; Fission -- 1941-1945. In on the secret ; Los Alamos 1 : security ; Los Alamos 2 : implosion ; Los Alamos 3 : heavy with misgiving -- 1945-1967. The insider scientist ; The booming years ; Massive retaliation ; Falsus in uno ; An open book?
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Life inside the center
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- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology
- Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
- Physicists -- United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
- Physicists -- United States -- Biography
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- Atomic bomb -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology
- Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
- Physicists -- United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
- Physicists -- United States -- Biography
- HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
- Atomic bomb -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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