Description |
viii, 373 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-342) and index. |
Summary |
Draws from previously classified documents, unpublished manuscripts, private correspondence, and other sources to chronicle the events that surrounded the revocation of scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer's security clearance in 1954, discussing the roles of physicist Edward Teller, Republican businessman Lewis Strauss, congressional assistant William Borden, and President Eisenhower. |
Contents |
David Lilienthal's vacation -- The maneuvering begins -- The Halloween meeting -- The secret debate -- Lost opportunities -- Fuchs's betrayal -- Fission versus fusion -- Teller -- Ulam -- Teller's choice -- The second lab -- A new era -- Sailing close to the wind -- Strauss returns -- Two wild horses -- The blank wall -- Hoover -- The hearing begins -- Smyth -- Borden -- Caesar's wife -- Do we really need scientists? -- Oppenheimer -- We made it -- and we gave it away. |
Subject |
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967.
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Manhattan Project (U.S.)
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Teller, Edward, 1908-2003.
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Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967 (OCoLC)fst00001453
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Teller, Edward, 1908-2003 (OCoLC)fst00031911
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Manhattan Project (U.S.) (OCoLC)fst00635166
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Physicists -- United States -- Biography.
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Atomic bomb -- United States -- History.
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Nuclear physics -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Atomic bomb. (OCoLC)fst00820568
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Nuclear physics. (OCoLC)fst01040386
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Physicists. (OCoLC)fst01063014
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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ISBN |
0670034223 |
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9780670034222 |
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