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Achieving the rare [[electronic resource] ] : Robert F. Christy's journey in physics and beyond / / I.-Juliana Christy
Achieving the rare [[electronic resource] ] : Robert F. Christy's journey in physics and beyond / / I.-Juliana Christy
Autore Christy I.-Juliana
Pubbl/distr/stampa Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, 2013
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (366 p.)
Disciplina 530.092
B
Soggetto topico Astrophysics - United States - History - 20th century
Nuclear physics - United States - History - 20th century
Physicists - United States
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 981-4460-25-7
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. His Childhood; The Origin of Robert's Names; The Sinking of the Titanic; Marriage of Moise and Hattie (Robert's Parents); Death of Robert's Father; Robert's Early Years; No More Gambling; Death of Robert's Mother; Early Interests; Academic Successes; Chapter 2. The Formative UBC Years; Robert's Social Life at UBC; Summer Jobs While at UBC; Moving On from UBC; Chapter 3. Exciting Graduate Years with Oppenheimer; Becoming Part of the Birth of Particle Physics; Robert's Years at Berkeley in His Own Words; Chapter 4. The First Marriage, to Dagmar von Lieven
Robert's Parenting of His Sons Ted and PeterRobert's Memories of His Sons; Ted and Peter in College and as Adults; An Unusually Amicable Divorce; Chapter 5. The Very First Nuclear Reactor; An Unfulfilling Job Teaching at Illinois Tech in 1941; Background: The Discovery of Nuclear Fission in Germany; Origin of the German Nuclear Project; Origin of the U.S. Nuclear Project; The Early British Nuclear Project; The Manhattan Project Begins; Robert Joins the Project; The Creation of the First Nuclear Reactor, Chicago Pile-1; Founding of the Hanford Reactors; Founding of the Argonne Reactors
Robert's Friendship with FermiThe Fizzling of the Nazi Nuclear Project; The 1962 White House Reception Commemorating Chicago Pile-1; Chapter 6. Designing the First Atomic Bomb; Robert's Arrival at Los Alamos in Early 1943; Robert's Bosses at Los Alamos: Peierls, Bethe, Oppenheimer, and Groves; The Spy Klaus Fuchs; Robert's "Instant Fame" from His "Water Boiler" Reactor Calculations; The One-Dollar Patents at Los Alamos; Understanding Large Explosions such as the Volcano Krakatoa; Robert's Work on the Implosion Bomb: the "Christy Gadget"; Why the "Christy Gadget" and Not the "Christy Bomb"?
The Trinity Test for the Implosion DesignFirst Attempts to Prevent the Actual Use of Atomic Bombs; Firebombing vs. Atomic Bombs; Groves' Motivation for Dropping the Bombs; The Use of the Two Atomic Bombs; After the War Had Ended; Robert's Memories of His Colleagues at Los Alamos; Robert's Memories of Visitors von Neumann and Bohr; Recreational Activities at Los Alamos; The Patent for the "Water Boiler" Reactor; A 1991 Package of Declassified Information on the "Water Boiler" Reactor; A Retrospective Article in the Pasadena Star-News; Chapter 7. Opposing Nuclear Weapons Proliferation
Robert's View of the "Christy gadget"The Association of Los Alamos Scientists; The Oppenheimer Trial; The Teller Handshake Incident; Security Interview of Robert in 1955, Regarding Communism; The 1963 Enrico Fermi Award for Oppenheimer; Working Towards an Atmospheric Test Ban; The Los Angeles Times Gamble; Robert Discovers the Cause of Mysterious Communication Failures; Robert's Work Towards Initiating the SALT Talks; Robert's Opposition to Higher-Tech Weapons in the Vietnam War; Chapter 8. Becoming Oppenheimer's Successor at Caltech; Working with Fermi in Chicago, and Co-Habiting with Teller
Leaving for Caltech
Record Nr. UNINA-9910452288603321
Christy I.-Juliana  
Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, 2013
Materiale a stampa
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Achieving the rare : Robert F. Christy's journey in physics and beyond / / I.-Juliana Christy, California Institute of Technology, USA
Achieving the rare : Robert F. Christy's journey in physics and beyond / / I.-Juliana Christy, California Institute of Technology, USA
Autore Christy I.-Juliana
Pubbl/distr/stampa Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, 2013
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (xv, 349 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Disciplina 530.092
B
Collana Gale eBooks
Soggetto topico Physicists - United States
Nuclear physics - United States - History - 20th century
Astrophysics - United States - History - 20th century
ISBN 981-4460-25-7
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. His Childhood; The Origin of Robert's Names; The Sinking of the Titanic; Marriage of Moise and Hattie (Robert's Parents); Death of Robert's Father; Robert's Early Years; No More Gambling; Death of Robert's Mother; Early Interests; Academic Successes; Chapter 2. The Formative UBC Years; Robert's Social Life at UBC; Summer Jobs While at UBC; Moving On from UBC; Chapter 3. Exciting Graduate Years with Oppenheimer; Becoming Part of the Birth of Particle Physics; Robert's Years at Berkeley in His Own Words; Chapter 4. The First Marriage, to Dagmar von Lieven
Robert's Parenting of His Sons Ted and PeterRobert's Memories of His Sons; Ted and Peter in College and as Adults; An Unusually Amicable Divorce; Chapter 5. The Very First Nuclear Reactor; An Unfulfilling Job Teaching at Illinois Tech in 1941; Background: The Discovery of Nuclear Fission in Germany; Origin of the German Nuclear Project; Origin of the U.S. Nuclear Project; The Early British Nuclear Project; The Manhattan Project Begins; Robert Joins the Project; The Creation of the First Nuclear Reactor, Chicago Pile-1; Founding of the Hanford Reactors; Founding of the Argonne Reactors
Robert's Friendship with FermiThe Fizzling of the Nazi Nuclear Project; The 1962 White House Reception Commemorating Chicago Pile-1; Chapter 6. Designing the First Atomic Bomb; Robert's Arrival at Los Alamos in Early 1943; Robert's Bosses at Los Alamos: Peierls, Bethe, Oppenheimer, and Groves; The Spy Klaus Fuchs; Robert's "Instant Fame" from His "Water Boiler" Reactor Calculations; The One-Dollar Patents at Los Alamos; Understanding Large Explosions such as the Volcano Krakatoa; Robert's Work on the Implosion Bomb: the "Christy Gadget"; Why the "Christy Gadget" and Not the "Christy Bomb"?
The Trinity Test for the Implosion DesignFirst Attempts to Prevent the Actual Use of Atomic Bombs; Firebombing vs. Atomic Bombs; Groves' Motivation for Dropping the Bombs; The Use of the Two Atomic Bombs; After the War Had Ended; Robert's Memories of His Colleagues at Los Alamos; Robert's Memories of Visitors von Neumann and Bohr; Recreational Activities at Los Alamos; The Patent for the "Water Boiler" Reactor; A 1991 Package of Declassified Information on the "Water Boiler" Reactor; A Retrospective Article in the Pasadena Star-News; Chapter 7. Opposing Nuclear Weapons Proliferation
Robert's View of the "Christy gadget"The Association of Los Alamos Scientists; The Oppenheimer Trial; The Teller Handshake Incident; Security Interview of Robert in 1955, Regarding Communism; The 1963 Enrico Fermi Award for Oppenheimer; Working Towards an Atmospheric Test Ban; The Los Angeles Times Gamble; Robert Discovers the Cause of Mysterious Communication Failures; Robert's Work Towards Initiating the SALT Talks; Robert's Opposition to Higher-Tech Weapons in the Vietnam War; Chapter 8. Becoming Oppenheimer's Successor at Caltech; Working with Fermi in Chicago, and Co-Habiting with Teller
Leaving for Caltech
Record Nr. UNINA-9910779883303321
Christy I.-Juliana  
Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, 2013
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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Achieving the rare : Robert F. Christy's journey in physics and beyond / / I.-Juliana Christy, California Institute of Technology, USA
Achieving the rare : Robert F. Christy's journey in physics and beyond / / I.-Juliana Christy, California Institute of Technology, USA
Autore Christy I.-Juliana
Pubbl/distr/stampa Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, 2013
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (xv, 349 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Disciplina 530.092
B
Collana Gale eBooks
Soggetto topico Physicists - United States
Nuclear physics - United States - History - 20th century
Astrophysics - United States - History - 20th century
ISBN 981-4460-25-7
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. His Childhood; The Origin of Robert's Names; The Sinking of the Titanic; Marriage of Moise and Hattie (Robert's Parents); Death of Robert's Father; Robert's Early Years; No More Gambling; Death of Robert's Mother; Early Interests; Academic Successes; Chapter 2. The Formative UBC Years; Robert's Social Life at UBC; Summer Jobs While at UBC; Moving On from UBC; Chapter 3. Exciting Graduate Years with Oppenheimer; Becoming Part of the Birth of Particle Physics; Robert's Years at Berkeley in His Own Words; Chapter 4. The First Marriage, to Dagmar von Lieven
Robert's Parenting of His Sons Ted and PeterRobert's Memories of His Sons; Ted and Peter in College and as Adults; An Unusually Amicable Divorce; Chapter 5. The Very First Nuclear Reactor; An Unfulfilling Job Teaching at Illinois Tech in 1941; Background: The Discovery of Nuclear Fission in Germany; Origin of the German Nuclear Project; Origin of the U.S. Nuclear Project; The Early British Nuclear Project; The Manhattan Project Begins; Robert Joins the Project; The Creation of the First Nuclear Reactor, Chicago Pile-1; Founding of the Hanford Reactors; Founding of the Argonne Reactors
Robert's Friendship with FermiThe Fizzling of the Nazi Nuclear Project; The 1962 White House Reception Commemorating Chicago Pile-1; Chapter 6. Designing the First Atomic Bomb; Robert's Arrival at Los Alamos in Early 1943; Robert's Bosses at Los Alamos: Peierls, Bethe, Oppenheimer, and Groves; The Spy Klaus Fuchs; Robert's "Instant Fame" from His "Water Boiler" Reactor Calculations; The One-Dollar Patents at Los Alamos; Understanding Large Explosions such as the Volcano Krakatoa; Robert's Work on the Implosion Bomb: the "Christy Gadget"; Why the "Christy Gadget" and Not the "Christy Bomb"?
The Trinity Test for the Implosion DesignFirst Attempts to Prevent the Actual Use of Atomic Bombs; Firebombing vs. Atomic Bombs; Groves' Motivation for Dropping the Bombs; The Use of the Two Atomic Bombs; After the War Had Ended; Robert's Memories of His Colleagues at Los Alamos; Robert's Memories of Visitors von Neumann and Bohr; Recreational Activities at Los Alamos; The Patent for the "Water Boiler" Reactor; A 1991 Package of Declassified Information on the "Water Boiler" Reactor; A Retrospective Article in the Pasadena Star-News; Chapter 7. Opposing Nuclear Weapons Proliferation
Robert's View of the "Christy gadget"The Association of Los Alamos Scientists; The Oppenheimer Trial; The Teller Handshake Incident; Security Interview of Robert in 1955, Regarding Communism; The 1963 Enrico Fermi Award for Oppenheimer; Working Towards an Atmospheric Test Ban; The Los Angeles Times Gamble; Robert Discovers the Cause of Mysterious Communication Failures; Robert's Work Towards Initiating the SALT Talks; Robert's Opposition to Higher-Tech Weapons in the Vietnam War; Chapter 8. Becoming Oppenheimer's Successor at Caltech; Working with Fermi in Chicago, and Co-Habiting with Teller
Leaving for Caltech
Record Nr. UNINA-9910810152203321
Christy I.-Juliana  
Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, 2013
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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Albert Einstein : pocket giants / / Andrew May
Albert Einstein : pocket giants / / Andrew May
Autore May Andrew
Pubbl/distr/stampa Stroud, Gloucestershire, [England] : , : The History Press, , 2016
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (67 pages)
Disciplina 530.092
Soggetto topico Physicists - Germany
Physicists - United States
ISBN 0-7509-6382-4
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910150525403321
May Andrew  
Stroud, Gloucestershire, [England] : , : The History Press, , 2016
Materiale a stampa
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J. Robert Oppenheimer [[electronic resource] ] : a life / / Abraham Pais ; with supplemental material by Robert P. Crease
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
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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Lawrence and His Laboratory . Volume I. : A History of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory / / J. L. Heilbron and Robert W. Seidel
Lawrence and His Laboratory . Volume I. : A History of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory / / J. L. Heilbron and Robert W. Seidel
Autore Heilbron J. L.
Edizione [First edition.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , [1989]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (volumes) : illustrations (some color)
Disciplina 539.7/0720794/67
Collana California Studies in the History of Science Series
Soggetto topico Physicists - United States
ISBN 0-520-34108-2
0-585-34665-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto El Dorado -- A Million Volts or Bust -- Foundations of the Rad Lab -- Research and Development, 1932-36 -- Cast of Characters -- American Cyclotronics -- Technology Transfer -- New Lines -- Little-Team Research with Big-Time Consequences -- Between Peace and War.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910496138303321
Heilbron J. L.  
Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , [1989]
Materiale a stampa
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A mind always in motion : the autobiography of Emilio Segrè / / Emilio Segrè [[electronic resource]]
A mind always in motion : the autobiography of Emilio Segrè / / Emilio Segrè [[electronic resource]]
Autore Segrè Emilio
Pubbl/distr/stampa Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1993
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (xii, 332 p., [33] p. of plates ) : ill. ;
Disciplina 530/.092
B
Soggetto topico Physicists - United States
Physicists - Italy
Physics - General
Physics
Physical Sciences & Mathematics
ISBN 0-585-22847-7
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Altri titoli varianti Mind always in motion
A mind always in motion
Record Nr. UNINA-9910495878003321
Segrè Emilio  
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1993
Materiale a stampa
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Oppenheimer [[electronic resource] ] : the tragic intellect / / Charles Thorpe
Oppenheimer [[electronic resource] ] : the tragic intellect / / Charles Thorpe
Autore Thorpe Charles <1973->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2006
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (446 p.)
Disciplina 530.092
B
Soggetto topico Physicists - United States
Scientists - Intellectual life - 20th century
Science - Moral and ethical aspects
Science and state - United States
Atomic bomb - United States - History
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-281-96665-7
9786611966652
0-226-79848-8
Classificazione UB 3255
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Introduction : charisma, self, and sociological biography -- Struggling for self -- Confronting the world -- King of the hill -- Against time -- Power and vocation -- "I was an idiot" -- The last intellectual?
Record Nr. UNINA-9910454060303321
Thorpe Charles <1973->  
Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2006
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Oppenheimer [[electronic resource] ] : the tragic intellect / / Charles Thorpe
Oppenheimer [[electronic resource] ] : the tragic intellect / / Charles Thorpe
Autore Thorpe Charles <1973->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2006
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (446 p.)
Disciplina 530.092
B
Soggetto topico Physicists - United States
Scientists - Intellectual life - 20th century
Science - Moral and ethical aspects
Science and state - United States
Atomic bomb - United States - History
Soggetto non controllato j robert oppenheimer, theoretical physicist, physics, los alamos laboratory, war, atomic bomb, manhattan project, 20th century, nuclear weapons, trinity test, science, scientist, united states of america, american history, historical, biography, biographical, intellectuals, morality, ethics, ethical, government, wartime, politics, political influence, identity, representation, power, vocation
ISBN 1-281-96665-7
9786611966652
0-226-79848-8
Classificazione UB 3255
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Introduction : charisma, self, and sociological biography -- Struggling for self -- Confronting the world -- King of the hill -- Against time -- Power and vocation -- "I was an idiot" -- The last intellectual?
Record Nr. UNINA-9910782432403321
Thorpe Charles <1973->  
Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2006
Materiale a stampa
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