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This book captures the drama of 27 perilous months at Los Alamos, a secret city cut off from the rest of society, ringed by barbed wire, where Oppenheimer and his young recruits lived as virtual prisoners of the U.S. government--freshly minted secretaries and worldly scientists contending with living conditions straight out of pioneer days, racing to build the first atomic bomb before Germany could. Oppenheimer was as arrogant as he was inexperienced, and few believed the 38-year-old theoretical physicist would succeed. Yet despite the obstacles, he forged a vibrant community through the sheer force of his personality.… (mere)
An excellent book full of stories and history about the man who lead the building of the atomic bomb, and the great supporting cast of other players involved.
An in-depth, enlightening look at the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos, the challenges and frustrations, the amazingly high intellectual level of the physicists, the infrastructure needed to make it happen, family life or lack of it, then, the repercussions afterwards. It wasn't pretty. ( )
Loved it! The life of those scientists on "The Hill" was fascinating and primitive. Enjoyed scientists guilt and second guessing after they had tested Tinity and realized the destruction it would cause. ( )
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They won't believe you, when the time comes that this can be told. It is more fantastic than Jules Verne. —James B. Conant to the New Tork Times' William L. Laurence in spring 1945
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For Grandpa
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There was something about the man, that was all there was to it.
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Men have gone down to death wearing her love like a rose, and the tears that her own heart sheds only her own heart knows.
This book captures the drama of 27 perilous months at Los Alamos, a secret city cut off from the rest of society, ringed by barbed wire, where Oppenheimer and his young recruits lived as virtual prisoners of the U.S. government--freshly minted secretaries and worldly scientists contending with living conditions straight out of pioneer days, racing to build the first atomic bomb before Germany could. Oppenheimer was as arrogant as he was inexperienced, and few believed the 38-year-old theoretical physicist would succeed. Yet despite the obstacles, he forged a vibrant community through the sheer force of his personality.
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