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Book ID: CBB000641976

The Ruin of J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Birth of the Arms Race (2005)

McMillan, Priscilla J. (Author)

Viking

ISBN: 0670034223

Publication Date: 2005
Physical Details: viii + 373 pp.; bibl.; index
Language: English

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Science and politics Biographies Atomic, nuclear, and particle physics Nuclear weapons; atomic weapons Science and war; science and the military 20th century United States Oppenheimer, J. Robert

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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

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