| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
x, 339 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-327) and index. |
| Contents |
The edge of mystery -- The scientist and the reporter -- The sage of Princeton -- The price of celebrity -- The bleak face of unhumanity -- A rugged time -- A great open windy world -- The climate of suspicion -- A sense of panic -- Rumblings of redemption -- A universal confusion -- The answer to fear -- The otherness of people -- A good augury -- A kind of humanity -- Courage and hope -- Honor and respect -- Charity and courage -- Darkness and light -- The public and the private -- Responsibility and guilt -- The all-encompassing dark -- The sad account -- Quarter in C-sharp minor -- The persistence of dignity. |
| Subject |
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967 -- Last years.
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Physicists -- United States -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9780312374402 |
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0312374402 |
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