Brotherhood of the Bomb The Tangled Lives and Loyalties of Robert Oppenheimer, Ernest Lawrence, and Edward Teller

Name: Brotherhood of the Bomb The Tangled Lives and Loyalties of Robert Oppenheimer, Ernest Lawrence, and Edward Teller
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ISBN: 9780805065893

ISBN-10: 080506589X

ISBN-13: 9780805065893

Edition: 2003 (Revised)

Authors: Gregg Herken

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The story of the twentieth century is largely the story of the power of science and technology. Within that story is the incredible tale of the human conflict between three men-Robert Oppenheimer, Ernest Lawrence, and Edward Teller-the scientists most responsible for the advent of weapons of mass destruction. How did science, enlisted in the service of the state during the Second World War, become a slave to its patron during the Cold War-and scientists with it? The story of these three men, is fundamentally about loyalty-to the country, to science, and to each other-and about the wrenching choices that had to be made when these allegiances came into conflict. Gregg Herken gives us the…

Book details

List price: $29.99
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Publication date: 9/1/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 480
Size: 5.50" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English