American Prometheus: the triumph and tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
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J. Robert Oppenheimer is one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century, a physicist who led the effort to build the atomic bomb for his country in a time of war, and who later found himself confronting the moral consequences of scientific progress. In this biography twenty-five years in the making, Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin capture Oppenheimer's life and times, from his early career to his central role in the Cold War. --From publisher's description.
Notes
Bird, K., & Sherwin, M. J. (2006). American Prometheus: the triumph and tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer. First Vintage Books edition. New York, Vintage Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Bird, Kai and Martin J. Sherwin. 2006. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer. New York, Vintage Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Bird, Kai and Martin J. Sherwin, American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer. New York, Vintage Books, 2006.
MLA Citation (style guide)Bird, Kai, and Martin J Sherwin. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer. First Vintage Books edition. New York, Vintage Books, 2006.
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300 | |a xiii, 721 pages :|b illustrations ;|c 21 cm | ||
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500 | |a Originally published: New York : Knopf, 2005. | ||
504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages [685]-699) and index. | ||
505 | 0 | |a I. "He received every new idea as perfectly beautiful" -- "His separate prison" -- " I am having a pretty bad time" -- "I find the work hard, thank God, & almost pleasant" -- "I am Oppenheimer" -- "Oppie" -- "The Nim Nim boys" -- II. "In 1936 my interests began to change" -- "[Frank] clipped it out and sent it in" -- "More and more surely" -- "I'm going to marry a friend of yours, Steve" -- "We were pulling the New Deal to the left" -- "The coordinator of rapid rupture" -- "The Chevalier affair" -- III. "He'd become very patriotic" -- "Too much secrecy" -- "Oppenheimer is telling the truth..." -- "Suicide, motive unknown" -- "Would you like to adopt her?" -- "Bohr was God, and Oppie was his prophet" -- "The impact of the gadget on civilization" -- "Now we're all sons-of-bitches" -- IV. "Those poor little people" -- "I feel I have blood on my hands" -- "People could destroy New York" -- "Oppie had a rash and is now immune" -- "An intellectual hotel" -- "He couldn't understand why he did it" -- "I am sure that is why she threw things at him" -- "He never let on what his opinion was" -- "Dark words about Oppie" -- "Scientist X" -- "The beast in the jungle" -- V. "It looks pretty bad, doesn't it?" -- "I fear that this whole thing is a piece of idiocy" -- "A manifestation of hysteria" -- "A black mark on the escutcheon of our country" -- "I can still feel the warm blood on my hands" -- "It was really like a never-never land" -- "It should have been done the day after trinity" -- "There's only one Robert". | |
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