109 East Palace : Robert Oppenheimer and the secret city of Los Alamos / Jennet Conant.
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
Publication Details
New York : Simon & Schuster, c2005.
Language
English
Description
xviii, 425 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 399-409) and index.
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