Robert Oppenheimer : a life inside the center / Ray Monk.

Author/creator Monk, Ray author.
Format Book
EditionFirst American edition.
PublicationNew York : Doubleday, [2012]
Descriptionxvi, 825 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Subjects

Uniform titleInside the centre
Portion of title Life inside the center
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?
Abstract An exploration of the enigma of Robert Oppenheimer's life and personality and his contributions to the revolution in twentieth-century physics.
General note"Originally published in Great Britain as Inside the centre : the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, by Jonathan Cape ... 2012"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 769-790) and index.
LCCN 2012046045
ISBN9780385504072 (hbk.)
ISBN0385504071 (hbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks QC16 .O62 M66 2012 ✔ Available Place Hold