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100 1 _aCassidy, David C.,
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245 1 0 _aJ. Robert Oppenheimer and the American century /
_cDavid C. Cassidy.
260 _aNew York, N.Y. :
_bPi Press,
_cc2005.
300 _axviii, 462 p., [16] p. of plates :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [425]-439) and index.
505 8 _aMachine generated contents note: Acknowledgments ix -- Introduction x -- 1.Coming to America 1 -- 2.Ethically Cultured 15 -- 3.Ethically Schooled 33 -- 4.The Damning Lie 47 -- 5.Summa Cum Laude 61 -- 6.Getting Near the Center 79 -- 7.A Taste for Physics 105 -- 8.Coming of Age 117 -- 9.Professor of Physics 133 -- 10.Cosmic Connections 159 -- 11.Depression and War 181 -- 12.The Organic Necessity 211 -- 13.Dropping the Bomb 237 -- 14.State Scientist 253 -- 15.Icon of Physics 267 -- 16.Good Soldiers 285 -- 17.Insecurity Hearings 305 -- 18.Exile 327 -- Appendix 1 353 -- Appendix 2 355 -- Appendix 3 357 -- Appendix 4 359 -- Notes 363 -- Bibliography 425 -- Index 441 <BR><BR>Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Oppenheimer, J, Robert, 1904-1967, Atomic bomb United States History, Physicists United States Biography.
600 1 0 _aOppenheimer, J. Robert,
_d1904-1967.
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