Book ID: CBB000520109

American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (2005)

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Bird, Kai (Author)
Sherwin, Martin J. (Author)


Alfred A. Knopf


Publication Date: 2005
Physical Details: xiii + 721 pp.; ill.; bib.; index
Language: English

Reviewed By

Review Bederson, Benjamin (2006) Review of "American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer". Physics in Perspective (p. 226). unapi

Essay Review Pasachoff, Naomi (2006) The Many Facets of J. Robert Oppenheimer. Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (pp. 251-263). unapi

Essay Review Strout, Cushing (2006) A Rare Gift for Complication. Reviews in American History (pp. 86-92). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Oppenheimer, Frank
Conant, Jennet
Alberto Bentoglio
Alessandro Costazza
West, Nigel
Underwood, Martin C.
Concepts
Manhattan Project
Nuclear weapons; atomic weapons
Biographies
Atomic, nuclear, and particle physics
Science and war; science and the military
Physics
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, early
20th century, late
Places
United States
Italy
England
Germany
Soviet Union
Berkeley (California, U.S.)
Institutions
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
University of California, Berkeley
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (U.S.)
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Harvard University
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