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Inside the centre : The life of J. Robert Oppenheimer - London Vintage Books 2012 - 818p ix

Contents: Machine generated contents note: pt. I 1904-1926 --
1. `Amerika, du hast es besser': Oppenheimer's German Jewish Background --
2. Childhood --
3. First Love: New Mexico --
4. Harvard --
5. Cambridge --
pt. II 1926-1941 --
6. Gottingen --
7. Postdoctoral Fellow --
8. American School of Theoretical Physics --
9. Unstable Cores --
10. Fission --
pt. III 1941-1945 --
11. In on the Secret --
12. Los Alamos 1: Security --
13. Los Alamos 2: Implosion --
14. Los Alamos 3: Heavy with Misgiving --
pt. IV 1945-1967 --
15. Insider Scientist --
16. Booming Years --
17. Massive Retaliation --
18. Falsus in uno --
19. Open Book?

ISBN: 9780385504072

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. Physicians - U S A 2. Atom Bomb - Germany

Dewey Class. No.: 530.092000 / MON