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Summary: J. Robert Oppenheimer is one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century, a physicist who led the effort to build the atomic bomb for his country in a time of war, and who later found himself confronting the moral consequences of scientific progress. In this biography twenty-five years in the making, Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin capture Oppenheimer's life and times, from his early career to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 2005
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: This miniseries opens in Berkeley, California in 1938, where pampered, tenured professors, safe on the shores of peaceful America, dabble in radical politics as the world heads inevitably towards war. J. Robert Oppenheimer is such a one. Two events--one personal, one scientific--combine to change Oppy's life forever and catapult him from a moderately successful theoretician to a world famous...
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Publisher / Publication Date: British Broadcasting Corp. 2008
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV OPPSummary: Last in a three-part series in which acclaimed documentary filmmakers present ten pivotal moments in American history and their often unforeseen repercussions. This segment of three documentary films records events that changed the way Americans saw themselves. Albert Einstein's letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt on July 16, 1939, urged the development of the atomic bomb through the Manhattan...
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Publisher / Publication Date: History Channel 2006
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV TEN V3McMillan, Priscilla Johnson.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 530 MCMConant, Jennet
Summary: "The remarkable life of one of the most influential men of the greatest generation, James B. Conant--a savvy architect of the nuclear age and the Cold War--told by his granddaughter, New York Times bestselling author Jennet Conant. James Bryant Conant was a towering figure. He was at the center of the mammoth threats and challenges of the twentieth century. As a young eminent chemist, he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CONANT, JAMES B. CONOlson, Steve
Summary: "A thrilling narrative of scientific triumph--and the unimaginable, world-ending peril it brought us. Fearing that the Germans would be the first to weaponize the atom, the United States marshaled brilliant minds and seemingly inexhaustible bodies to finda way to create a nuclear chain reaction with unimaginable explosive power. It would begin with plutonium, the first element ever manufactured...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 623.4 OLSSummary: In this documentary on J. Robert Oppenheimer, learn the amazing true story of "The Father of the Atomic Bomb." J. Robert Oppenheimer was born on April 22, 1904 - Died on February 18, 1967, A professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley and best known for creating the Atomic Bomb, during WWII.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD OPPRea, Amy C.
Summary: "Offers readers a captivating look into the race between three countries to build the world's most destructive weapon. Learn about the Manhattan Project, the atomic bomb, and how the United States used this weapon to end World War II"-- www.childsworld.com
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Child's World 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973 REAConant, Jennet.
Summary: Wall Street legend Alfred Lee Loomis, who once owned Hilton Head Island, was devoted to his hobby of science experiments in his mansion. During World War II, Loomis played a key role in the development of radar and the atomic bomb.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2002
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 530 CONCassidy, David C.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pi Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 530 CASWallace, Chris
Summary: A Fox News Sunday anchor and a Pulitzer Prize-winning AP investigative journalist present a behind-the-scenes account of the secret meetings, global events, leadership decisions, and civilian realities that led to the Hiroshima bombing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 WALCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 WALTakaki, Ronald T.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5425 TakakCohen, Daniel
Summary: Discusses the personalities and events involved in the research, development and detonation of the atomic bombs built by the United States in the 1940s.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Millbrook Press 1999
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 355.8251 COHHam, Paul
Summary: In this harrowing history of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, Paul Ham argues against the use of nuclear weapons, drawing on extensive research and hundreds of interviews to prove that the bombings had little impact on the eventual outcome of the Pacific War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 HAMBlume, Lesley M. M.
Summary: "New York Times bestselling author Lesley M.M. Blume reveals how a courageous reporter uncovered one of greatest and deadliest cover-ups of the 20th century--the true effects of the atom bomb--potentially saving millions of lives"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2020