New York: Vintage Books, 2006. - 721 p. J. Robert Oppenheimer is one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century, a brilliant physicist who led the effort to build the atomic bomb for his country in a time of war, and who later found himself confronting the moral consequences of scientific progress. In this magisterial, acclaimed biography twenty-five years in the making,...
New York: Vintage Books, 2006. — 721 p. — ISBN: 0375412026. J. Robert Oppenheimer is one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century, a brilliant physicist who led the effort to build the atomic bomb for his country in a time of war, and who later found himself confronting the moral consequences of scientific progress. In this magisterial, acclaimed biography twenty-five...
World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., 2016. – 284 p. – ISBN: 9814656739, 9814656747. Incorporating elements from history, science, philosophy and international relations theory, this book takes a fresh look at the life and thought of Robert Oppenheimer. The author argues that not only are Oppenheimer’s ideas important, engaging and relevant, but also more coherent than...
World Scientific, 2006. - 173 p. 2004 marked the centennial of the birth of J. Robert Oppenheimer, and brought historians and scholars, former students, nuclear physicists, and politicians together to celebrate this event. Oppenheimer's life and work became central to 20th century history as he spearheaded the development of the atomic bomb that ended World War II. This book...
Knopf Doubleday, 2014. — 848 p. An unforgettable story of discovery and unimaginable destruction and a major biography of one of America’s most brilliant — and most divisive — scientists, Robert Oppenheimer: A Life Inside the Center vividly illuminates the man who would go down in history as “the father of the atomic bomb.” Oppenheimer’s talent and drive secured him a place in...
Oxford University Press, 2006. — 353 p. The late Abraham Pais wrote the definitive biography of Albert Einstein, "Subtle is the Lord", which won an American Book Award. As a distinguished physicist and Einstein's colleague, Pais combined a sophisticated understanding of physics with first-hand knowledge of this notoriously private individual, offering rare insights into both....
Harvard University Press, 2008. — 412 p. Albert Einstein and J. Robert Oppenheimer, two iconic scientists of the twentieth century, belonged to different generations, with the boundary marked by the advent of quantum mechanics. By exploring how these men differed — in their worldview, in their work, and in their day — this book provides powerful insights into the lives of two...
University of Chicago Press, 2006. — 413 p. At a time when the Manhattan Project was synonymous with large-scale science, physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904–67) represented the new sociocultural power of the American intellectual. Catapulted to fame as director of the Los Alamos atomic weapons laboratory, Oppenheimer occupied a key position in the compact between science and...
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