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