Bibliograph

Robert Oppenheimer, a life inside the center, Ray Monk

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Robert Oppenheimer, a life inside the center, Ray Monk

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [769]-790) and index

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individual biography

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Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Robert Oppenheimer

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

843125509

Responsibility statement

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?

Target audience

adult

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Life inside the center

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