| Description |
64 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Giants of science |
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Giants of science.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 62-63) and index. |
| Contents |
Trinity test -- "The war is over" -- Atomic age begins -- Privileged beginnings -- Good little boy -- School days -- Growing up -- Interlude -- Harvard -- Experimental physics in England -- Studying theoretical physics -- California professor -- Physics advances -- Fascism, fission, and war -- World War II -- Fission chain reactions -- Purifying uranium -- Manhattan project begins -- Los Alamos director -- Getting to work -- Four divisions, many tasks -- Trusted leader -- Demands of leadership -- Solutions and problems -- Implosion -- Little boy and fat man -- Preparing for the test -- At the trinity site -- Success -- Hiroshima and Nagasaki -- After Los Alamos -- Scientist statesman -- Cold War fears -- Security risk -- Trial -- Verdict -- Redemption -- Physics loses its genius -- Nuclear age -- Important dates -- Glossary -- For more information -- Notes -- Index. |
| Summary |
A brief biography of the man who led the scientific team that developed and constructed the world's first atomic bomb. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR UG 8.5 3.0 85851. |
| Subject |
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967 -- Juvenile literature.
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Atomic bomb -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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Physicists -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967.
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Atomic bomb.
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Physicists.
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| Note |
Subtitle on cover: Father of the atomic bomb |
| ISBN |
1567118895 hardcover alkaline paper |
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9781567118896 hardcover alkaline paper |
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