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1 online resource (1 audio file) |
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263000 |
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digital rda |
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audio file rda |
| Summary |
Six decades after the dropping of the atomic bomb, its relevance to our lives grows ever more clear. No person was more aware of the far-reaching implications of this new, destructive technology than Manhattan Project physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-67.) As early as 1946, this supposedly unworldly scientist noted that the breakthrough weaponry would ultimately make all our major cities vulnerable to nuclear terrorist attack. The only defense, he cautioned, was a screwdriver capable of opening "each and every crate or suitcase." In this authoritative, large-scale biography, Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin capture the complicated personality of this Atomic Age icon |
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Downloadable audio file. |
| Performer |
Read by Jeff Cummings. |
| System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
| Subject |
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967.
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Physicists -- United States -- Biography.
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Atomic bomb -- United States -- History.
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Science -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Biographies.
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Audiobooks.
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| Added Author |
Sherwin, Martin J., author.
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Cummings, Jeff, narrator.
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| Added Title |
Triumph and tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer |
| Other Form: |
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Bird, Kai. American Prometheus [Ashland, Oregon] : Blackstone Audio, [2007] 9781433200113 |
| ISBN |
9781483077338 |
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1483077330 |
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