Published in conjunction with the BBC/WGBH television series Oppenheimer, produced by Peter Goodchild and written by Peter Prince. Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-292) and index.
Contents:
The early years -- The radical professor -- The beginnings of the bomb -- Enter Groves -- The biggest collection of eggheads ever -- A problem of security -- A problem of predetonation -- Alsos and the Germans -- The dark hours -- Prelude to trinity -- I am become death -- Hiroshima -- The man who would be God -- The plague of Thebes -- The net tightens -- Indicted -- Oppenheimer 'On Trial' -- The other witnesses -- The verdict -- The final years -- Perspective -- Postscript.
Summary:
Interviews and newly released FBI material help to answer questions about the life, personality, and work of the man who headed the Los Alamos atom-bomb project and was later dismissed as a security risk.
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