The Resource Oppenheimer : the tragic intellect, Charles Thorpe
Oppenheimer : the tragic intellect, Charles Thorpe
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- Summary
- At a time when the Manhattan Project was synonymous with large-scale science, physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-67) represented the new sociocultural power of the American intellectual. Catapulted to fame as director of the Los Alamos atomic weapons laboratory, Oppenheimer occupied a key position in the compact between science and the state that developed out of World War II. By tracing the making - and unmaking - of Oppenheimer's wartime and postwar scientific identity, Charles Thorpe illustrates the struggles over the role of the scientist in relation to nuclear weapons, the state, and culture. A stylish intellectual biography, Oppenheimer maps out changes in the roles of scientists and intellectuals in twentieth-century America, ultimately revealing transformations in Oppenheimer's persona that coincided with changing attitudes toward science in society
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xx, 413 pages, [12] pages of plates
- Contents
-
- 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
- 9780226798455
- Label
- Oppenheimer : the tragic intellect
- Title
- Oppenheimer
- Title remainder
- the tragic intellect
- Statement of responsibility
- Charles Thorpe
- Subject
-
- Biographie
- Bombe atomique -- États-Unis -- Histoire
- Ethische aspecten
- Kernwapens
- Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967
- Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967
- Oppenheimer, Julius Robert
- Oppenheimer, Julius Robert, (1904-1967)
- Physiciens -- États-Unis -- Biographies
- Atomic bomb -- United States -- History
- Politique scientifique -- États-Unis
- Science -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Science and state -- United States
- Sciences -- Aspect moral
- Scientists -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
- Verenigde Staten
- Physicists -- United States -- Biography
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- At a time when the Manhattan Project was synonymous with large-scale science, physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-67) represented the new sociocultural power of the American intellectual. Catapulted to fame as director of the Los Alamos atomic weapons laboratory, Oppenheimer occupied a key position in the compact between science and the state that developed out of World War II. By tracing the making - and unmaking - of Oppenheimer's wartime and postwar scientific identity, Charles Thorpe illustrates the struggles over the role of the scientist in relation to nuclear weapons, the state, and culture. A stylish intellectual biography, Oppenheimer maps out changes in the roles of scientists and intellectuals in twentieth-century America, ultimately revealing transformations in Oppenheimer's persona that coincided with changing attitudes toward science in society
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1973-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Thorpe, Charles
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QC16.O62
- LC item number
- T56 2006
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Oppenheimer, J. Robert
- Oppenheimer, Julius Robert
- Oppenheimer, Julius Robert
- Oppenheimer, J. Robert
- Physicists
- Scientists
- Science
- Science and state
- Atomic bomb
- Kernwapens
- Ethische aspecten
- Verenigde Staten
- Sciences
- Politique scientifique
- Bombe atomique
- Physiciens
- Label
- Oppenheimer : the tragic intellect, Charles Thorpe
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-396) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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?
- Control code
- 68712113
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xx, 413 pages, [12] pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780226798455
- Lccn
- 2006015223
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)68712113
- Label
- Oppenheimer : the tragic intellect, Charles Thorpe
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-396) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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?
- Control code
- 68712113
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xx, 413 pages, [12] pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780226798455
- Lccn
- 2006015223
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)68712113
Subject
- Biographie
- Bombe atomique -- États-Unis -- Histoire
- Ethische aspecten
- Kernwapens
- Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967
- Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967
- Oppenheimer, Julius Robert
- Oppenheimer, Julius Robert, (1904-1967)
- Physiciens -- États-Unis -- Biographies
- Atomic bomb -- United States -- History
- Politique scientifique -- États-Unis
- Science -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Science and state -- United States
- Sciences -- Aspect moral
- Scientists -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
- Verenigde Staten
- Physicists -- United States -- Biography
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