Oppenheimer Portrait of an Enigma

Name: Oppenheimer Portrait of an Enigma
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ISBN: 9781566636667

ISBN-10: 1566636663

ISBN-13: 9781566636667

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Authors: Jeremy Bernstein

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As a former colleague of Oppenheimer's, Jeremy Bernstein has written a biographical profile that is both personal and historical, bringing the reader close to the life and workings of an extraordinary and controversial man. Without Oppenheimer's totally remarkable leadership at Los Alamos, the atomic bomb would not have happened, and World War II would have ended very differently. Bernstein, combining the grace of a New Yorker writer with the insight of a theoretical physicist, draws a fine and fascinating portrait. --Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.

Book details

Publisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher
Publication date: 8/4/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 238
Size: 5.06" wide x 8.02" long x 0.72" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

Jeremy Bernstein is the author of many books on science for the general reader, including Plutonium: A History of the Worldï¿½e(tm)s Most Dangerous Element and Oppenheimer: Portrait of an Enigma. He is a former staff writer for the New Yorker.