02650nam 22006254a 450 991078275840332120230207225959.01-58729-750-7(CKB)1000000000704725(EBL)843260(OCoLC)297116257(SSID)ssj0000215439(PQKBManifestationID)11202012(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000215439(PQKBWorkID)10184572(PQKB)10559912(MiAaPQ)EBC843260(MdBmJHUP)muse8987(Au-PeEL)EBL843260(CaPaEBR)ebr10354698(EXLCZ)99100000000070472520070220d2007 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrOppenheimer is watching me[electronic resource] a memoir /Jeff PorterIowa City University of Iowa Pressc20071 online resource (151 p.)Sightline books : the Iowa series in literary nonfictionDescription based upon print version of record.1-58729-616-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Oppenheimer is watching me -- Castro's beard -- Distress signals -- Going ballistic -- Trace elements -- On the beach -- Postscript.When he discovers that his father worked on missiles for a defense contractor, Jeff Porter is inspired to revisit America's atomic past and our fallen heroes, in particular J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb. The result, Oppenheimer Is Watching Me, takes readers back to the cold war, when men in lab coats toyed with the properties of matter and fears of national security troubled our sleep. With an eye for strange symmetries, Porter traces how one panicky moment shaped the lives of a generation.Sightline BooksCold WarSocial aspectsUnited StatesAtomic bombSocial aspectsUnited StatesUnited StatesSocial life and customs1945-1970United StatesSocial conditions1945-United StatesHistory1953-1961BiographyUnited StatesHistory1961-1969BiographyBuffalo (N.Y.)BiographyCold WarSocial aspectsAtomic bombSocial aspects973.92Porter Jeffrey Lyn1951-1540201MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782758403321Oppenheimer is watching me3791706UNINA