Book ID: CBB000651435

Reappraising Oppenheimer: Centennial Studies and Reflections (2005)

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Carson, Cathryn L. (Editor)
Hollinger, David A. (Editor)


Office for History of Science and Technology, University of California


Publication Date: 2005
Physical Details: xii + 413 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

$David C. Cassidy$, Oppenheimer as physicist. From theoretical physics to the bomb: J. Robert Oppenheimer and the American school of theoretical physics; $Karl Hufbauer$, J. Robert Oppenheimer's path to black holes; $Gregg Herken$, The Communist question. Was Robert Oppenheimer a "closet Communist"? The debate and the evidence; $Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin$, Robert Oppenheimer and the Communist Party; $Barton J. Bernstein$, The puzzles of interpreting J. Robert Oppenheimer, his politics, and the issues of his possible Communist Party membership; $David Holloway$, The Soviet comparison: new insights. Parallel lives? Oppenheimer and Khariton; $Alexei Kojevnikov$, The making of the Soviet bomb and the shaping of Cold War science; $James G. Hershberg$, Postwar politics: The Oppenheimer case in context. "The jig was up": J. Robert Oppenheimer and the international control of atomic energy, 1947-49; $David Kaiser$, The atomic secret in red hands? American suspicions of theoretical physicists during the early Cold War; $Stephanie Young$, Something resembling justice: John Francis Neylan and the AEC personnel security hearings at Berkeley, 1948-49; $W. Patrick McCray$, Killing the messenger: Robert Oppenheimer and Caltech's Project Vista; $Richard Polenberg$, The fortunate fox; $J.L. Heilbron$, Cultural resonances. Oppenheimer's guru; $Charles Thorpe$, The scientist in mass society: J. Robert Oppenheimer and the postwar liberal imagination; $Robert P. Crease$, Oppenheimer and the sense of the tragic; $Daniel J. Kevles$, The public Oppenheimer. Scientists, arms, and the state: J. Robert Oppenheimer and the twentieth century; $S.S. Schweber$, Intersections: Oppenheimer and Einstein; $Jon Else and Peter Galison$, Oppenheimer in film: a transcript; $David A. Hollinger$, Afterword.

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Description Contents (from WorldCat): David C. Cassidy, “From Theoretical Physics to the Bomb: J. Robert Oppenheimer and the American School of Theoretical Physics”; Karl Hufbauer, “J. Robert Oppenheimer's Path to Black Holes”; Gregg Herken, “Was Robert Oppenheimer a “Closet Communist”? The Debate and the Evidence”; Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin, “Robert Oppenheimer and the Communist Party”; Barton J. Bernstein, “The Puzzles of Interpreting J. Robert Oppenheimer, His Politics, and the Issues of His Possible Communist Party Membership”; David Holloway, “Parallel Lives? Oppenheimer and Khariton”; Alexei Kojevnikov, “The Making of the Soviet Bomb and the Shaping of Cold War Science”; James G. Hershberg, ““The jig was up”: J. Robert Oppenheimer and the International Control of Atomic Energy, 1947--49”; David Kaiser, “The Atomic Secret in Red Hands? American Suspicions of Theoretical Physicists during the Early Cold War”; Stephanie Young, “Something Resembling Justice: John Francis Neylan and the AEC Personnel Security Hearings at Berkeley, 1948--49”; W. Patrick McCray, “Killing the Messenger: Robert Oppenheimer and Caltech's Project Vista”; Richard Polenberg, “The Fortunate Fox”; J.L. Heilbron, “Oppenheimer's Guru”; Charles Thorpe, “The Scientist in Mass Society: J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Postwar Liberal Imagination”; Robert P. Crease, “Oppenheimer and the Sense of the Tragic”; Daniel J. Kevles, “Scientists, Arms, and the State: J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Twentieth Century”; S.S. Schweber, “Intersections: Oppenheimer and Einstein”; Jon Else, Peter Galison, “Oppenheimer in Film: A Transcript”; David A. Hollinger, “Afterword.”


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Review Brown, Laurie M. (2006) Review of "Reappraising Oppenheimer: Centennial Studies and Reflections". Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (p. 745). unapi

Review McMillan, Priscilla (2006) Review of "Reappraising Oppenheimer: Centennial Studies and Reflections". Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences (p. 176). unapi

Review Day, Michael A. (2007) Review of "Reappraising Oppenheimer: Centennial Studies and Reflections". Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (p. 267). unapi

Review Hughes, Jeff (2007) Review of "Reappraising Oppenheimer: Centennial Studies and Reflections". British Journal for the History of Science (p. 459). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Wellerstein, Alex
Josephson, Paul R.
Daniels, Mario
Wolfe, Audra Jayne
Weiner, Sharon K.
Tsekhmistro, Ivan
Concepts
Science and politics
Science and government
Physics
Nuclear power; atomic energy
Cross-national comparison
Communism
Time Periods
20th century
21st century
20th century, late
20th century, early
19th century
Places
United States
Soviet Union
Russia
Germany
Ukraine
Spain
Institutions
Genetics Society of America
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC)
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT
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