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Robert Oppenheimer : a life inside the center / Ray Monk.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Monk, Ray, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Inside the centre
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967.
- Oppenheimer, J. Robert.
- Physicists--United States--Biography.
- Physicists.
- Intellectual life.
- Atomic bomb.
- History.
- United States.
- Atomic bomb--United States--History--20th century.
- Physicists--United States--Intellectual life--20th century.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 825 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First American edition.
- Other Title:
- Life inside the center
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Doubleday, [2013]
- Summary:
- An exploration of the enigma of Robert Oppenheimer's life and personality and his contributions to the revolution in twentieth-century physics.
- 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?
- Notes:
- "Originally published in Great Britain as Inside the centre : the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, by Jonathan Cape ... 2012"--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 769-790) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780385504072
- 0385504071
- OCLC:
- 828190062
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