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Achieving the rare : Robert F. Christy's journey in physics and beyond / I.-Juliana Christy, California Institute of Technology, USA.
LIBRA QC16.C52 C47 2013
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Christy, I.-Juliana.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christy, Robert F., 1916-2012.
- Christy, Robert F.
- California Institute of Technology.
- Physicists--United States--Biography.
- Physicists.
- Astrophysics.
- History.
- United States.
- Nuclear physics--United States--History--20th century.
- Nuclear physics.
- Astrophysics--United States--History--20th century.
- California Institute of Technology--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 349 pages : some color illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Jersey : World Scientific, [2013]
- Contents:
- His Childhood
- The Formative UBC Years
- Exciting Graduate Years With Oppenheimer
- The First Marriage, to Dagmar von Lieven
- The Very First Nuclear Reactor
- Designing the First Atomic Bomb
- Opposing Nuclear Weapons Proliferation
- Becoming Oppenheimer's Successor at Caltech
- Contributions to Physics at Caltech
- Pioneering Work in Astrophysics : Variable Stars
- As Provost : Achieving His Dreams for Caltech
- The Second Marriage, to I.-Juliana Sackmann
- Daughters Late in Life
- Interim President of Caltech
- Later Years : Teaching and Research
- Radiation Dosimetry in Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- The Spring Valley Ranch : Fulfilling a Dream
- Robert's Health : Struggles and Successes
- An Innate Grace.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9789814460248
- 9814460249
- OCLC:
- 843037067
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