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The meanings of J. Robert Oppenheimer / Lindsey Michael Banco.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Banco, Lindsey Michael, author.
- Series:
- New American canon
- The new American canon
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967.
- Oppenheimer, J. Robert.
- Manhattan Project (U.S.).
- Physicists--United States--20th century--Biography.
- Physicists.
- Atomic bomb--United States--History.
- Atomic bomb.
- United States.
- History.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- x, 268 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2016]
- Summary:
- The Meanings of J. Robert Oppenheimer examines how Oppenheimer-the scientific director of the Manhattan Project, the single most recognizable face of the atomic bomb, and a conflicted, controversial figure-has been represented over the past seven decades in biographies, histories, fiction, comics, photographs, film, television, documentaries, theater, and museums. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Desert saint or destroyer of worlds: Oppenheimer biographies
- Under the sun: Oppenheimer in history
- History imagined: Oppenheimer in fiction
- The ghost and the machine: Oppenheimer in film and television
- "The bony truth": Oppenheimer in museums
- In his own worlds: Oppenheimer's writing.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-258) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781609384197
- 1609384199
- OCLC:
- 924636826
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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