Standing at the pivot of the twentieth century, J. Robert Oppenheimer holds our imagination in his grip. From otherworldly aestheticism to the leadership of Los Alamos, from the corridors of power to political dejection—the arc of his life stands in for the large-scale trajectory of modern American science. Reappraising Oppenheimer: Centennial Studies and Reflections marks the century since Oppenheimer's birth and the half-century since his infamous security hearing. It assembles essays written by leading historians for a 2004 conference in Berkeley, the home of his school of theoretical physics and the site of his group's first calculations of the design parameters for an atomic bomb. Complementing the recent biographies, the volume marks the coming-of-age of Oppenheimer studies. Its essays discuss Oppenheimer's scientific creativity, his stature as an intellectual, and his hotly debated relationship to the Communist Party. They explore parallels to the Soviet atomic bomb project and the background to his postwar fall from grace. The book is an ideal introduction to cutting-edge research on Oppenheimer for teachers, students, scholars, and the interested public.
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Cathryn Carson (contributing author, editor) is Associate Professor of History and Director of the Office for History of Science and Technology at the University of California, Berkeley. She has worked on the history of quantum field theory and on the public role of the scientist after the Second World War, focusing on Werner Heisenberg. Her current project is a history of the science behind nuclear waste management, while her teaching centers on the history of physics, science in Germany and the United States, and nuclear history. David A. Hollinger (contributing author, editor) is Department Chair and Preston Hotchkis Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley. His books include Cosmopolitanism and solidarity: Studies in group affiliation in the United States (Wisconsin, 2006) and Science, Jews, and secular culture (Princeton, 1996). He is also the editor of The humanities and dynamics of inclusion after World War II (Johns Hopkins, 2006). His recent articles have appeared in Church history, Harper’s, Modern intellectual history, and The Cambridge history of science.
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- Los Alamos (Spanish Edition) by Martin Cruz Smith on 7 pages
- Atomic Energy (Merit badge series) by Boy Scouts of America on 5 pages
- Werner Heisenberg : A Bibliography of His Writings, Second, Expanded Edition by David C. Cassidy in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- History of science, (Service Center for Teachers of History. Publication) by Marie Boas Hall on page 20, and page 210
- Edward Teller: The Real Dr. Strangelove by Peter Goodchild on page 9, and Back Matter
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