Bird, Kai
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...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 2005
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4 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 OPPENHEIMER, J. ROBERT BIRSummary: The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2023
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE OPPCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie OppenheimerCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD OPPCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD OPPSummary: 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...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: British Broadcasting Corp. 2008
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV OPPSummary: 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.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD 921 OppenheimerCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC OPPCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: DVD OPPSummary: The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY DRAMA OPP1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: HOT DVD
Various
Summary: In John Adams' opera, J. Robert Oppenheimer and his team of scientists explore the moral implications of the development of the atomic bomb.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Opus Arte 2008