Univ Of Oklahoma Pr Hardcover Books
Books pubblicati nella collana Univ Of Oklahoma Pr Hardcover con argomento Nuclear Physicists
J. Robert Oppenheimer, the Cold War, and the Atomic West
Hunner Jon
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In this biography, Hunner (history, New Mexico State U.), whose father worked with atomic bombs in New Mexico, explores how the West influenced J. Robert Oppenheimer as a scientist and person and how he influenced it. He describes how Oppenheimer's life changed the course of history, as he helped locate the atomic...
The Angry Genie
Morgan Karl Ziegler
Peterson Ken M.
Morang Karl Z.
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Morgan, formerly director of health physics at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, offers an extraordinary memoir about the dawn of the nuclear age and the moral dilemmas associated with nuclear energy. He tells harrowing tales of radiation experiments and accidents and shows their actual and potential consequences, regarding...