J. Robert Oppenheimer, the Cold War, and the atomic West /
This biography of Oppenheimer explores how the western United States influenced J. Robert Oppenheimer as a scientist and person and how he influenced it. The author describes how Oppenheimer's life changed the course of history, as he helped locate the atomic weapons research lab at Los Alamos,...
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Norman, Okla. :
University of Oklahoma Press,
c2009.
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| Series: | Oklahoma western biographies ;
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| 505 | 0 | 0 | |g Introduction : |t chasing Oppenheimer -- |g A |t strange childhood -- |t Physics goes west -- |t Chasing the atom -- |g The |t grim work of the lab -- |t Promise and peril -- |t Targeting Oppenheimer -- |g The |t fallout. |
| 520 | |a This biography of Oppenheimer explores how the western United States influenced J. Robert Oppenheimer as a scientist and person and how he influenced it. The author describes how Oppenheimer's life changed the course of history, as he helped locate the atomic weapons research lab at Los Alamos, New Mexico and transformed the area known as the atomic West. | ||
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