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Author:

Thorpe, Charles, 1973-

Title:

Oppenheimer : the tragic intellect / Charles Thorpe.

Publisher:

University of Chicago Press,

Copyright Date:

2006

Description:

xx, 413 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Oppenheimer, J. Robert,--1904-1967.
Physicists--United States--Biography.
Scientists--Intellectual life--20th century.
Science--Moral and ethical aspects.
Science and state--United States.
Atomic bomb--United States--History.
Kernwapens.
Ethische aspecten.
Verenigde Staten.
Oppenheimer, J. Robert,--1904-1967.
Physiciens--États-Unis--Biographies.
Scientifiques--Vie intellectuelle--20e siècle.
Sciences--Aspect moral.
Politique scientifique et technique--États-Unis.
Bombe atomique--États-Unis--Histoire.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-396) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : charisma, self, and sociological biography -- Struggling for self -- Confronting the world -- King of the hill -- Against time -- Power and vocation -- "I was an idiot" -- The last intellectual?

ISBN:

9780226798455 (acid-free paper)
0226798453 (acid-free paper)

LCCN:

2006015223

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)