His Childhood -- The Formative UBC Years -- Exciting Graduate Years With Oppenheimer -- The First Marriage, to Dagmar von Lieven -- The Very First Nuclear Reactor -- Designing the First Atomic Bomb -- Opposing Nuclear Weapons Proliferation -- Becoming Oppenheimer's Successor at Caltech -- Contributions to Physics at Caltech -- Pioneering Work in Astrophysics : Variable Stars -- As Provost : Achieving His Dreams for Caltech -- The Second Marriage, to I.-Juliana Sackmann -- Daughters Late in Life -- Interim President of Caltech -- Later Years : Teaching and Research -- Radiation Dosimetry in Hiroshima and Nagasaki -- The Spring Valley Ranch : Fulfilling a Dream -- Robert's Health : Struggles and Successes -- An Innate Grace.
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