J. Robert Oppenheimer [[electronic resource] ] : a life / / Abraham Pais ; with supplemental material by Robert P. Crease |
Autore | Pais Abraham <1918-2000.> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (396 p.) |
Disciplina | 530.092 |
Altri autori (Persone) | CreaseRobert P |
Soggetto topico |
Atomic bomb - United States - History
Physicists - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-65546-1
0-19-534722-6 1-4356-1414-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 First Encounters; CHAPTER 2 Background: Early Years; CHAPTER 3 University Studies; CHAPTER 4 Postdoctoral Studies; CHAPTER 5 The California Professor as Teacher; CHAPTER 6 The California Professor as Researcher; CHAPTER 7 Oppenheimer's Opinion of His Own Teaching and Research in California; CHAPTER 8 Personal Life in the 1930's; CHAPTER 9 ""The Shatterer of Worlds""; CHAPTER 10 In Which Oppenheimer Enters the World Stage; CHAPTER 11 An Atomic Scientist's Credo; CHAPTER 12 The Institute Prior to Oppenheimer's Arrival
CHAPTER 13 In Which Oppenheimer Is Elected Director of the Institute and Chairman of the General Advisory Committee CHAPTER 14 Oppenheimer's Early Years as Institute Director; CHAPTER 15 Oppenheimer and the World of Physics: 1946-1954; CHAPTER 16 Further on Oppenheimer the Man; CHAPTER 17 Atomic Politics in the Early Postwar Years; CHAPTER 18 Of the First Serious Enemies and of the First Russian A-Bomb; CHAPTER 19 Of the Superbomb and of Spy Stories; CHAPTER 20 The New Super; CHAPTER 21 Atomic Politics in the Early 1950's; CHAPTER 22 In Which the Excrement Hits the Ventilator CHAPTER 23 In Which the News of the Hearings Is Made Public Supplemental Material; CHAPTER 24 ""Open Book"": The Hearing in the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer; CHAPTER 25 No Final Judgment; CHAPTER 26 Insider in Exile; CHAPTER 27 Cloaked Mountain Peak; Notes; Principal Sources Used; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450820803321 |
Pais Abraham <1918-2000.> | ||
Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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J. Robert Oppenheimer [[electronic resource] ] : a life / / Abraham Pais ; with supplemental material by Robert P. Crease |
Autore | Pais Abraham <1918-2000.> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (396 p.) |
Disciplina | 530.092 |
Altri autori (Persone) | CreaseRobert P |
Soggetto topico |
Atomic bomb - United States - History
Physicists - United States |
ISBN |
0-19-770935-4
0-19-988320-3 1-280-65546-1 0-19-534722-6 1-4356-1414-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 First Encounters; CHAPTER 2 Background: Early Years; CHAPTER 3 University Studies; CHAPTER 4 Postdoctoral Studies; CHAPTER 5 The California Professor as Teacher; CHAPTER 6 The California Professor as Researcher; CHAPTER 7 Oppenheimer's Opinion of His Own Teaching and Research in California; CHAPTER 8 Personal Life in the 1930's; CHAPTER 9 ""The Shatterer of Worlds""; CHAPTER 10 In Which Oppenheimer Enters the World Stage; CHAPTER 11 An Atomic Scientist's Credo; CHAPTER 12 The Institute Prior to Oppenheimer's Arrival
CHAPTER 13 In Which Oppenheimer Is Elected Director of the Institute and Chairman of the General Advisory Committee CHAPTER 14 Oppenheimer's Early Years as Institute Director; CHAPTER 15 Oppenheimer and the World of Physics: 1946-1954; CHAPTER 16 Further on Oppenheimer the Man; CHAPTER 17 Atomic Politics in the Early Postwar Years; CHAPTER 18 Of the First Serious Enemies and of the First Russian A-Bomb; CHAPTER 19 Of the Superbomb and of Spy Stories; CHAPTER 20 The New Super; CHAPTER 21 Atomic Politics in the Early 1950's; CHAPTER 22 In Which the Excrement Hits the Ventilator CHAPTER 23 In Which the News of the Hearings Is Made Public Supplemental Material; CHAPTER 24 ""Open Book"": The Hearing in the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer; CHAPTER 25 No Final Judgment; CHAPTER 26 Insider in Exile; CHAPTER 27 Cloaked Mountain Peak; Notes; Principal Sources Used; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777052303321 |
Pais Abraham <1918-2000.> | ||
Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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J. Robert Oppenheimer : a life / / Abraham Pais ; with supplemental material by Robert P. Crease |
Autore | Pais Abraham <1918-2000.> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (396 pages) |
Disciplina | 530.092 |
Altri autori (Persone) | CreaseRobert P |
Collana | Oxford scholarship online |
Soggetto topico |
Atomic bomb - United States - History
Physicists - United States |
ISBN |
0-19-770935-4
0-19-988320-3 1-280-65546-1 0-19-534722-6 1-4356-1414-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 First Encounters; CHAPTER 2 Background: Early Years; CHAPTER 3 University Studies; CHAPTER 4 Postdoctoral Studies; CHAPTER 5 The California Professor as Teacher; CHAPTER 6 The California Professor as Researcher; CHAPTER 7 Oppenheimer's Opinion of His Own Teaching and Research in California; CHAPTER 8 Personal Life in the 1930's; CHAPTER 9 ""The Shatterer of Worlds""; CHAPTER 10 In Which Oppenheimer Enters the World Stage; CHAPTER 11 An Atomic Scientist's Credo; CHAPTER 12 The Institute Prior to Oppenheimer's Arrival
CHAPTER 13 In Which Oppenheimer Is Elected Director of the Institute and Chairman of the General Advisory Committee CHAPTER 14 Oppenheimer's Early Years as Institute Director; CHAPTER 15 Oppenheimer and the World of Physics: 1946-1954; CHAPTER 16 Further on Oppenheimer the Man; CHAPTER 17 Atomic Politics in the Early Postwar Years; CHAPTER 18 Of the First Serious Enemies and of the First Russian A-Bomb; CHAPTER 19 Of the Superbomb and of Spy Stories; CHAPTER 20 The New Super; CHAPTER 21 Atomic Politics in the Early 1950's; CHAPTER 22 In Which the Excrement Hits the Ventilator CHAPTER 23 In Which the News of the Hearings Is Made Public Supplemental Material; CHAPTER 24 ""Open Book"": The Hearing in the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer; CHAPTER 25 No Final Judgment; CHAPTER 26 Insider in Exile; CHAPTER 27 Cloaked Mountain Peak; Notes; Principal Sources Used; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827233103321 |
Pais Abraham <1918-2000.> | ||
Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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