OPPENHEIMER AND THE MANHATTAN PROJECT<br> Insights into J Robert Oppenheimer, "Father of the Atomic Bomb"

OPPENHEIMER AND THE MANHATTAN PROJECT
Insights into J Robert Oppenheimer, "Father of the Atomic Bomb"

CONTENTS


INTRODUCTION
FRONT MATTER	i
DEFYING THE ODDS Cynthia C. Kelly	3
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCING OPPENHEIMER
OPPENHEIMER RECONSIDERED Jeff Bingaman	11
ROBERT OPPENHEIMER: KING OF THE HILL Richard Rhodes	15
A NOVEL IDEA OF OPPENHEIMER Joseph Kanon	24
CHAPTER 2: LIFE AT LOS ALAMOS
PRESERVATION ON THE PAJARITO PLATEAU Stuart Ashman	35
J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER AND THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO: A RECIPROCAL RELATIONSHIP Ferenc Szasz	40
ROBERT OPPENHEIMER: A WINDOW ON HIS LIFE AT LOS ALAMOS Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin	66
CHAPTER 3: OPPENHEIMER'S PLACE IN HISTORY
STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS Everet Beckner	79
THE CAUTIONARY TALE OF ROBERT OPPENHEIMER Gregg Herken	86
THE EARLY YEARS OF ROBERT OPPENHEIMER Jon Hunner	89
GENERAL GROVES' INDISPENSABLE SCIENTIST Robert S. Norris	105
CHAPTER 4: PERSONAL REFLECTIONS ON OPPENHEIMER
OPPENHEIMER AS A TEACHER OF PHYSICS AND PH.D. ADVISOR Edward Gerjuoy	119
REMEMBERING OPJE: TEACHER, MENTOR, SCIENTIST AND FRIEND David Pines	141
J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER: CONSUMMATE PHYSICIST Maurice M. Shapiro	148
A FEWWORDS FROM AN OPPENHEIMER Andrew R. Oppenheimer	153
BACK MATTER	159
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