J. Robert Oppenheimer and the American century / David C. Cassidy.
- Cassidy, David C., 1945-
- Date:
- [2009], ©2009
- Books
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Publication/Creation
Baltimore : John Hopkins University Press, [2009], ©2009.
Physical description
xviii, 462 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references ([425]-439) and index.
Contents
Coming to America -- Ethically cultured -- Ethically schooled -- The damning lie -- Summa Cum Laude -- Getting near the center -- A taste for physics -- Coming of age -- Professor of physics -- Cosmic connections -- Depression and war -- The organic necessity -- Dropping the bomb -- Icon of physics -- State scientist -- Good soldiers -- Insecurity hearings -- Exile.
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Location Status History of MedicineBZP (Oppenheimer)Open shelves
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ISBN
- 0801893178
- 9780801893179