109 East Palace : Robert Oppenheimer and the secret city of Los Alamos / Jennet Conant.
Conant, Jennet.
2005
QC773.A1 C66 2005 (Mapit)
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Title 109 East Palace : Robert Oppenheimer and the secret city of Los Alamos / Jennet Conant.
Author Conant, Jennet.
ISBN 0743250079
9780743250078
0743250087
9780743250085
Imprint New York : Simon & Schuster, ©2005.
Language English
Description xviii, 425 pages : maps ; 25 cm
Other Standard Identifiers 9780743250078
9780743250085
Call Number QC773.A1 C66 2005
Dewey Decimal Classification 623.4/5119/0973
Summary 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.
Note Maps on lining papers.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-409) and index.
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