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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
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| Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, 2013 | ||
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| 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-9910779883303321 |
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Christy I.-Juliana
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| 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 |
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Christy I.-Juliana
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| 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 |
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May Andrew
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| Stroud, Gloucestershire, [England] : , : The History Press, , 2016 | ||
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| 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 |
| 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 |
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Pais Abraham <1918-2000.>
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| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 | ||
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| 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 |
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Pais Abraham <1918-2000.>
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| 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
| 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 |
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Pais Abraham <1918-2000.>
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| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The last voice : Roy J. Glauber and the dawn of the atomic age / / José Ignacio Latorre and María Teresa Soto-Sanfiel
| The last voice : Roy J. Glauber and the dawn of the atomic age / / José Ignacio Latorre and María Teresa Soto-Sanfiel |
| Autore | Latorre José Ignacio |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer Nature Switzerland AG, , [2023] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xviii, 179 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Disciplina | 623.45119 |
| Soggetto topico | Physicists - United States |
| ISBN | 3-031-29984-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Introductions -- I: Him -- II: Us -- It and Them. At First -- Front to Front -- To Dark and Mysterious Places -- Fission Discovered -- And Einstein Signed a Letter -- From Harvard to Los Alamos -- Los Alamos -- Everyday Life in Los Alamos -- The Essentials -- Living to Work -- In Free Time -- Etiquette -- Friendships -- Candid Camera -- News from Outside -- Prayer in the Mountains -- Political Affairs -- Redefining the Site -- A Scientist at Los Alamos -- The First day -- Early Calculations -- The Theoretical Division: Bethe Versus Teller -- Computers at Los Alamos -- Progressively Harder Calculations -- Orchestrating Calculations -- Shared Concerns -- Oppenheimer -- The Strange Couple -- A Literary Figure -- The Arbiter of Good Taste -- Family Life -- The Bomb -- The Gadget -- Windshield Wipers for Submarines -- Little Boy and Fat Man -- Neutrons at Different Time Scales -- The Hardest Part -- The Jumbo -- Pre-detonation -- The Simplest Solution, the Biggest Problem -- Fruitless Efforts -- Lens Solution -- Uranium Versus Plutonium -- Spies -- Security -- Espionage -- Klaus Fuchs -- Theodore Hall -- One Who Got Away: Joseph Rotblat -- Atomic Explosions -- Trinity -- Flash -- The Betting Pool -- The Fermi Estimate -- Radioactivity -- Japan -- What the Scientists Knew -- The Decision -- Hiroshima -- Nagasaki -- A Telegram -- Ethics -- The Secret is Out -- The Aftermath of the War -- Towards the H-Bomb -- A Strange Period -- Silence from Los Alamos -- Trouble with the Law -- Relations with the USSR -- The H-bomb -- Ironies -- Losing Contact with Los Alamos -- Farewell to Arms -- Back to School -- Different Paths -- We'll Meet Again -- Bizarre Happenings -- The Transformation of Los Alamos -- Oppenheimer Reviled -- The Hearings -- American Hero -- American Primitives -- Envy of Oppenheimer.
Security on Trial -- Private Loves -- The Witch Hunter -- The Right Word -- Roy J. Glauber -- Sketches of a Bio -- Traveling Youth -- Going to College -- The Nobel Prize -- The Road to the Nobel -- The Sudarshan Controversy -- A Sad Sequel -- A Nobel Prize -- Meanings -- One of Them -- Big Science -- Worth the Effort -- Appendix A: Nobel Laureates -- Appendix B: Extraordinary Minds -- Appendix C: Los Alamos Organization Chart -- Epilogue -- Notes -- References -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910746960503321 |
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Latorre José Ignacio
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| Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer Nature Switzerland AG, , [2023] | ||
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| 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 |
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Heilbron J. L.
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| Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , [1989] | ||
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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 - Biography - United States Physicists - Biography - 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 |
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Segrè Emilio
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1993 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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