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Monk, Ray, author.
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Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967.
Physicists -- United States -- Biography.
Atomic bomb -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Physicists -- United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
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Robert Oppenheimer : a life inside the center / Ray Monk.
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Monk, Ray, author.
New York : Doubleday, c2012.
Subjects
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967.
Physicists -- United States -- Biography.
Atomic bomb -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Physicists -- United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
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ISBN:
9780385504072 (hbk.) :
0385504071 (hbk.)
Description:
xvi, 825 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., port. ; 24 cm.
Edition:
1st American ed.
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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Summary:
An exploration of the enigma of Robert Oppenheimer's life and personality and his contributions to the revolution in twentieth-century physics.
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530.092 Oppenheimer Mo
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530.092 OPPENHEIMER Mo
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