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A life in twilight : the final years of J. Robert Oppenheimer / Mark Wolverton.
Author
Wolverton, Mark
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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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Firestone Library - Stacks
QC16.O62 W65 2008
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Subject(s)
Physicists
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United States
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Biography
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Oppenheimer, J. Robert 1904-1967
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Last years
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Library of Congress genre(s)
Biographies
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collective biographies
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Summary note
"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 Previously unpublished FBI files fill out the picture and cast a sinister cloud over Oppenheimer's final years, during which he remained under occasional surveillance."--Jacket.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.
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ISBN
9780312374402
0312374402
LCCN
2008025766
OCLC
223882887
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