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Author:
Cole, K. C.
Title:
Something incredibly wonderful happens : Frank Oppenheimer and his astonishing Exploratorium / K. C. Cole ; foreword by Murray Gell-Mann.
Edition:
University of Chicago Press edition.
Publisher:
The University of Chicago Press,
Copyright Date:
2012
Description:
xiv, 396 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Oppenheimer, Frank,--1912-1985.
Physicists--United States--Biography.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The world he came into -- Palace of delights -- A little royal family -- The uncle of the atom bomb -- Un-American -- Exile -- An intellectual desert and a library of experiments -- The world he made up -- A museum dedicated to awareness -- A decent respect for taste -- The man with the gold-rimmed glasses -- The sentimental fruits of science -- The anarch -- The world he made up -- Coda: living a fruitful life: speech to the 1960 graduating class of Pagosa Springs High School.
ISBN:
0226113477 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780226113470 (pbk. : alk. paper) :
OCLC:
(OCoLC)783150287
LCCN:
2012025914
Locations:
TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)
YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

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