A life in twilight : the final years of J. Robert Oppenheimer / Mark Wolverton.

Author
Wolverton, Mark [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
First edition.
Published/​Created
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2008.
Description
x, 339 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

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      "A Life in Twilight reveals the least-known and most enigmatic period of J. Robert Oppenheimer's life, from the public humiliation he endured after the 1954 Atomic Energy Commission's investigation into his alleged communist leanings and connections, to his death in 1967. It covers Oppenheimer's continued work as a scientist and philosopher and head of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and his often controversial public appearances, as well as parts of his private life." "What emerges is a portrait of a man known to many as the "father of the atomic bomb"--Who was toppled from the highest echelons of politics and society, and then had to see his honor and name blackened, but succeeded in maintaining his dignity and rebuilding a shattered life, although he never truly recovered from the McCarthy-inspired persecution he suffered. Previously unpublished FBI files fill out the picture and cast a sinister cloud over Oppenheimer's final years, during which he remained under occasional surveillance."--Jacket.
      Bibliographic references
      Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-327) and index.
      Contents
      • The edge of mystery
      • The scientist and the reporter
      • The sage of Princeton
      • The price of celebrity
      • The bleak face of unhumanity
      • A rugged time
      • A great open windy world
      • The climate of suspicion
      • A sense of panic
      • Rumblings of redemption
      • A universal confusion
      • The answer to fear
      • The otherness of people
      • A good augury
      • A kind of humanity
      • Courage and hope
      • Honor and respect
      • Charity and courage
      • Darkness and light
      • The public and the private
      • Responsibility and guilt
      • The all-encompassing dark
      • The sad account
      • Quarter in C-sharp minor
      • The persistence of dignity.
      ISBN
      • 9780312374402
      • 0312374402
      LCCN
      2008025766
      OCLC
      223882887
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