TY  - BOOK
N2  - This book captures the drama of 27 perilous months at Los Alamos, a secret city cut off from the rest of society, ringed by barbed wire, where Oppenheimer and his young recruits lived as virtual prisoners of the U.S. government--freshly minted secretaries and worldly scientists contending with living conditions straight out of pioneer days, racing to build the first atomic bomb before Germany could. Oppenheimer was as arrogant as he was inexperienced, and few believed the 38-year-old theoretical physicist would succeed. Yet despite the obstacles, he forged a vibrant community through the sheer force of his personality.
AB  - This book captures the drama of 27 perilous months at Los Alamos, a secret city cut off from the rest of society, ringed by barbed wire, where Oppenheimer and his young recruits lived as virtual prisoners of the U.S. government--freshly minted secretaries and worldly scientists contending with living conditions straight out of pioneer days, racing to build the first atomic bomb before Germany could. Oppenheimer was as arrogant as he was inexperienced, and few believed the 38-year-old theoretical physicist would succeed. Yet despite the obstacles, he forged a vibrant community through the sheer force of his personality.
T1  - 109 East Palace :Robert Oppenheimer and the secret city of Los Alamos /
DA  - ©2005.
CY  - New York :
AU  - Conant, Jennet.
CN  - QC773.A1
CN  - QC773.A1
PB  - Simon & Schuster,
PP  - New York :
PY  - ©2005.
N1  - Maps on lining papers.
ID  - 1387223
KW  - Atomic bomb
KW  - Atomic bomb.
KW  - Manhattan-Projekt
KW  - Kernwaffe
KW  - Manhattanproject.
KW  - Atomic bomb
SN  - 0743250079
SN  - 9780743250078
SN  - 0743250087
SN  - 9780743250085
TI  - 109 East Palace :Robert Oppenheimer and the secret city of Los Alamos /
ER  -