Filter By Subjects
Atomic bomb United States History Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald) 1917-1963 Manhattan Project (U.S.) Drama Oppenheimer, J. Robert 1904-1967 Physicists United States Biography Physicists United States Drama Science Political aspects United States History 20th century United States United States History 20th century Drama USAFilter By Subjects
Atomic bomb United States History Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald) 1917-1963 Manhattan Project (U.S.) Drama Oppenheimer, J. Robert 1904-1967 Physicists United States Biography Physicists United States Drama Science Political aspects United States History 20th century United States United States History 20th century Drama USASherwin, Martin J.
Summary: Sherwin sets the Cuban Missile Crisis, with its potential for nuclear holocaust, in a wider historical narrative of the Cold War: how such a crisis arose, and why at the very last possible moment it didn't happen. He gives us a riveting explanation of the crisis itself, while also exploring the origins, scope, and consequences of the evolving place of nuclear weapons in the post WWII world....
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 972.9106 SHEBird, 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
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 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: 2023