A life in twilight:the final years of J. Robert Oppenheimer
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St. Martin's Press,
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Publisher Address: | New York |
Publication Dates: | 2008. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Carrier Form: | x, 339 p.: ill. ; 25 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780312374402 (cloth) 0312374402 |
Index Number: | K837 |
CLC: | K837.126.11 |
Call Number: | K837.126.11/O621W |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-327) and index. 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. |