| Edition |
First American edition |
| Phys Descr |
xvi, 825 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Note |
"Originally published in Great Britain as Inside the centre : the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, by Jonathan Cape ... 2012"--T.p. verso |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 769-790) and index |
| 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? |
| Summary |
An exploration of the enigma of Robert Oppenheimer's life and personality and his contributions to the revolution in twentieth-century physics |
| Subject |
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967
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Physicists -- United States -- Biography
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Atomic bomb -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Physicists -- United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
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| Alt Title |
Inside the centre
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Life inside the center |
| OCLC # |
828190062 |
| ISBN # |
9780385504072 |
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0385504071 |
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