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Thorpe, Charles, 1973-

Oppenheimer the tragic intellect / [electronic resource] : Charles Thorpe. - University of Chicago Press, 2006. - 1 online resource (xx, 413 p., [12] p. of plates) : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-396) and index.

Introduction : charisma, self, and sociological biography -- Struggling for self -- Confronting the world -- King of the hill -- Against time -- Power and vocation -- "I was an idiot" -- The last intellectual?

ISBN: 9780226798486 (electronic bk.) 0226798488 (electronic bk.)

Subjects--Personal Names:
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967.
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Physicists--United States--Biography.
Scientists--Intellectual life--20th century.
Science--Moral and ethical aspects.
Science and state--United States.
Atomic bomb--History.--United States
Physiciens--États-Unis--Biographies.
Scientifiques--Vie intellectuelle--20e siècle.
Sciences--Aspect moral.
Politique scientifique et technique--États-Unis.
Bombe atomique--Histoire.--États-Unis
SCIENCE--Physics--General.
SCIENCE--Mechanics--General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Science & Technology.
SCIENCE--Energy.
Kernwapens.
Ethische aspecten.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Verenigde Staten.

Subjects--Index Terms: ამერიკელი ფიზიკოსები ამერიკელი ფიზიკოსები ოპენჰეიმერი ბიოგრაფიები მეცნიერება ეთიკური ასპიქტები

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: QC16.O62 / T56 2006eb

Dewey Class. No.: 530.092 B

Universal Decimal Class. No.: 929 Oppenheimer J. R.+001:17