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Books on: oppenheimer nuclear

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In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer: Politics, Rhetoric, and Self-Defense

Book by Rachel L. Holloway; Praeger Publishers, 1993

Subjects:

Hydrogen Bomb--History, Internal Security--United States, Oppenheimer, J. Robert--1904-1967, Oppenheimer, J. Robert--1904-1967--Trials, Litigations, Etc, Physicists--United States--Biography, United States--Politics And Government--1953-1961

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In contrast to historical and political explanations of the Oppenheimer case, Rachel Holloway explores the role that rhetoric played in Oppenheimer's removal from government service. In doing so, the author draws attention to the symbolic nature of politics and character and highlights the ...
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In contrast to historical and political explanations of the Oppenheimer case, Rachel Holloway explores the role that rhetoric played in Oppenheimer's removal from government service. In doing so, the author draws attention to the symbolic nature of politics and character and highlights the significant interaction of political and scientific terminologies in American discourse.
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In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer: The Security Clearance Hearing

Book by Richard Polenberg; Cornell University Press, 2002

Subjects:

Hydrogen Bomb--History, Internal Security--United States, Oppenheimer, J. Robert--1904-1967--Trials, Litigation, Etc, Physicists--United States--Biography, United States--Politics And Government--1953-1961

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An edited and annotated transcript of the 1954 hearing before the Atomic Energy Commission in which this preeminent physicist attempted to clear himself of the charge of being a communist. Polenberg draws on recently declassified FBI files for introductory and concluding essays.
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Conscience, Science and Security: The Case of Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer

Book by Cushing Strout; Rand McNally, 1963

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Oppenheimer, J. Robert--1904-1967

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...secrecy." Oppenheimer was one of...fathers of the nuclear age. Was he...weapons or nuclear weapons are...judge Dr. Oppenheimers judgments...our country. Nuclear physics is...now. Dr. Oppenheimer got most of...
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Perspectives on Nuclear War and Peace Education

Book by Robert Ehrlich; Greenwood Press, 1987

Subjects:

Nuclear Disarmament--Study And Teaching--United States, Peace--Study And Teaching--United States

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Introduction Rationale and Prospects for Nuclear War Education Peace Education: Salvation or Curse? The Quest for Objectivity and Balance Psychosocial Dimensions of the Nuclear Threat Nuclear Courses in the Social Sciences Nuclear Courses in Humanities Nuclear Courses in Science and Technology ...
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Introduction Rationale and Prospects for Nuclear War Education Peace Education: Salvation or Curse? The Quest for Objectivity and Balance Psychosocial Dimensions of the Nuclear Threat Nuclear Courses in the Social Sciences Nuclear Courses in Humanities Nuclear Courses in Science and Technology Interdisciplinary Nuclear War Courses Special Topics for Nuclear War Courses Resources for Nuclear War Courses Public Opinion Surveys on Nuclear Issues
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The American Atom: A Documentary History of Nuclear Policies from the Discovery of Fission to the Present, 1939-1984

Book by Robert C. Williams, Philip L. Cantelon; University of Pennsylvania Press, 1984

Subjects:

Deterrence (Strategy)--History--20th Century--Sources, Nuclear Disarmament--History--Sources, Nuclear Energy--History--Sources, Nuclear Nonproliferation--History--Sources, Nuclear Weapons--History--Sources, United States--Military Policy

Collections: History, Entire Library

...of Robert Oppenheimer" 172...VI Nuclear Testing and...scientists build nuclear weapons? In Section V on the Oppenheimer hearing of...In the end Oppenheimer had his way...to create a nuclear weapon before...

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Journal Articles on: oppenheimer nuclear

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From Trauma to Paranoia: Nuclear Weapons, Science Fiction and History

Journal article by Cyndy Hendershot; Mosaic (Winnipeg), Vol. 32, 1999

Subjects:

Defense reaction (Physiology)--Analysis, Motion pictures--Social aspects, Nuclear warfare in motion pictures--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Science fiction films--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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...with the trauma of nuclear destruction...World or None, J.R. Oppenheimer, physicist and...revolutionary," Oppenheimer described it as...apparent novelty of nuclear weapons and their...the trauma of the nuclear experience, for...the science, like Oppenheimer, made similar moves...
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Nuclear Futures

Journal article by Joseph P. Tomain; Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum, Vol. 15, 2005

Subjects:

Energy law--Environmental aspects, Environmental impact analysis--Laws, regulations and rules, Environmental protection--Laws, regulations and rules, Nuclear industry--Environmental aspects

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...the world, has always viewed nuclear power with fear and fascination...Leslie Groves and Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer. The Los Alamos project was...and Nagasaka, Japan. (29) Oppenheimers quotation strikes us as either...fear and the fascination of nuclear energy that have gripped the...
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The Will to Prevent: Global Challenges of Nuclear Proliferation

Journal article by Graham Allison; Harvard International Review, Vol. 28, 2006

Subjects:

Emergency management--Analysis, Emergency preparedness--Analysis, Nuclear nonproliferation--Forecasts and trends, Nuclear nonproliferation--International aspects, Nuclear terrorism--Forecasts and trends, Nuclear terrorism--Prevention

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...terrorist group acquires 100 pounds of highly enriched uranium (HEU), building an elementary nuclear bomb no longer takes the mind of an Oppenheimer. Standing on these shoulders, with fissile material acquired from a weapons state, using publicly...
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Atomic Warfare and the Nuclear Family: Domestic Resistance in Hollywood Films about the A-Bomb

Journal article by Michael Pressler; Film Criticism, Vol. 27, 2003

Subjects:

Atomic bomb--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Atomic bomb--Usage, Motion pictures--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Nuclear warfare--Moral and ethical aspects, Nuclear warfare--Portrayals, depictions, etc.

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...of "a mass trauma ... over the use of nuclear weapons." In Sontags view, the mutant...Leslie Groves, Hume Cronyn as Robert Oppenheimer, Joseph Calleia as Enrico Fermi), it...Scientists, whose ranks included Einstein and Oppenheimer and whose sentiments about the bomb...
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Nabokov's Genocidal and Nuclear Holocausts in 'Lolita

Journal article by Douglas Anderson; Mosaic (Winnipeg), Vol. 29, 1996

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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Lolita (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Nabokov, Vladimir--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Russian fiction--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

...international means of managing nuclear weapons. Only one country as...seemed acceptable. J. Robert Oppenheimer and David Lilienthal, among...the public knowledge about nuclear research during the late 1940s...1950. Sylves, Richard T. The Nuclear Oracles: A Political History...

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Magazine Articles on: oppenheimer nuclear

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Treason Still Shadows J.R. Oppenheimer; ...Oppenheimer, Operating in a Group of Known Communists, Emerges as a Secret Member of the Party. but How Did He Respond to Those Soviet Solicitations to Pass Atomic Secrets

Magazine article by Nigel West; Insight on the News, Vol. 18, October 15, 2002

Subjects:

Espionage, Nuclear weapons, Oppenheimer, J. Robert, Russia. Security Council, Special Tasks: The Memoirs of an Unwanted Witness--A Soviet Spymaster (Book)--Products, Spies--Investigations, Treason

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...remaining mysteries of the era--the role played by nuclear physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer in providing the Soviets with details about...Szilard were named as having conspired with Oppenheimer to pass atomic secrets to their Soviet contacts...
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Oppenheimer Investigated

Magazine article by Robert Erwin; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 18, Autumn 1994

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Oppenheimer, J. Robert--Conduct of life, Physicists--Conduct of life

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...J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-67...about the nuclear age he helped...character of the nuclear arsenal--and...Strauss and Oppenheimer. Strauss led...furious at Oppenheimer for opposing...development of a nuclear-powered airplane...
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Groves and Oppenheimer: The Story of a Partnership

Magazine article by Stanley Goldberg; The Antioch Review, Vol. 53, Fall 1995

Subjects:

Characters and characteristics--Analysis, Characters--Analysis, Groves, Leslie--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Oppenheimer, J. Robert--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes

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...major reasons: unlike the directors of the other laboratories, Oppenheimer did not have a Nobel Prize; he was a theoretician and the...thought that his brother-in-law, Edwin MacMillan, a Berkeley nuclear physicist, would do a much better job, although Lawrence questioned...
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American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

Magazine article by Mihir Bose; History Today, Vol. 58, April 2008

Subjects:

American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...clearance and declared him unfit to be trusted with the countrys nuclear secrets. His downfall was a reflection of the red-baiting era of McCarthyism which seized on Oppenheimers opposition to the development of the hydrogen bomb and his known...
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Atomised: After Giving America the Bomb, Robert Oppenheimer Became the Target of a Political Witch-Hunt in the 1950s. but Did He Engineer His Own Downfall?

Magazine article by Brian Cathcart; New Statesman, Vol. 137, January 14, 2008

Subjects:

American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews

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...also identified Oppenheimers principal achievements...some important nuclear policy initiatives...story of Robert Oppenheimer is, in many ways...the genius of the nuclear weapons age and...scientists have in nuclear policy? Can politicians...through Robert Oppenheimers eminently Shakespearean...

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Newspaper Articles on: oppenheimer nuclear

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The Genius Who Nearly Killed Us All; LETHAL LEGACY: Oppenheimer in the Forties and, Left, the Classic Mushroom Cloud of Smoke after a Nuclear Explosion

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), February 10, 2008

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Mushroom Cloud of Smoke after a Nuclear Explosion. Byline: Kathryn...American Prometheus: Robert Oppenheimer By Kai Bird and Martin J.Sherwin...military authorities didnt want Oppenheimer anywhere near such asensitive...socould not be trusted to keep nuclear secrets from the Soviets...
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EDWARD TELLER; Exploring How a Great Physicist Came to Exert Powerful Moral Influence on His Time

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, January 2, 2005

Subjects:

Oppenheimer, J. Robert, Teller, Edward

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...the discovery of nuclear fission in uranium...was summoned by Oppenheimer to join the A-bomb...from a smaller nuclear explosion. This...technically sweet," in Oppenheimers famous phrase...linked this with Oppenheimers foot-dragging over...against a ban on all nuclear weapons tests...
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Manhattan Project's Brilliant, but Flawed Leader

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 5, 2005

Subjects:

Oppenheimer, J. Robert

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...In the postwar era, Oppenheimer became a leading advisor to the government on nuclear affairs, and was not reluctant...public issues ranging from nuclear strategy to social policy...AND TRAGEDY OF J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER By Kai Bird and Martin...
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Nine Men and a Bomb; Atom Bomb Creators Recalled, but Thin on Physics and Facts

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 1, 2003

Subjects:

Oppenheimer, J. Robert

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...such as Robert Oppenheimer, Niels Bohr, Leo...limitations in nuclear physics, but then...stories of the nuclear age. Everyone...involves Robert Oppenheimer who figures large...foolish things Oppenheimer did which eventually...actually witnessed a nuclear explosion. I can...
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Two Scientists, Different Times

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, January 16, 2005

Subjects:

Cassidy, David C., Oppenheimer, J. Robert

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...responsible for Oppenheimers moral lapses. Mr. Cassidy believes than Oppenheimers downfall was part of the way the military industrial complex...written widely on scientific topics and public issues ranging from nuclear strategy to social policy.

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Encyclopedia Articles on: oppenheimer nuclear

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Oppenheimer, J. Robert

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...the quantum theory and nuclear physics. With Max Born...N.Mex., from 1942 to 1945, Oppenheimer made important contributions...bomb was used against Japan, Oppenheimer became one of the foremost...and moral grounds. In 1953, Oppenheimer was suspended by the Atomic...
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Nuclear Energy

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

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...Later the weapons themselves were developed at Los Alamos, N.Mex., under the direction of J. Robert Oppenheimer (see Manhattan Project ). Nuclear Fusion Nuclear fusion, although it was known theoretically in the 1930s as the process by which...
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Atomic Bomb

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Project , led by Dr. Robert Oppenheimer . It began in 1940, two years...Fritz Strassman discovered nuclear fission. On Aug. 6, 1945, an...successor states that inherited nuclear arsenals (Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Belarus) relinquished all nuclear warheads, which have been removed...
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Manhattan Project

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Alamos, N.Mex., under the leadership of J. Robert Oppenheimer . Gathered at this desert laboratory was an extraordinary...American and European-refugee scientists. The only nuclear test explosion, code-named Trinity, was of a plutonium...
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Black Hole

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...collapse begins when a star has depleted its steady sources of nuclear energy and can no longer produce the expansive force, a result...solar masses, as shown by the American physicists J. Robert Oppenheimer and Hartland S. Snyder in 1939, nothing remains to prevent...

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