The Ruin of J. Robert Oppenheimer & the Birth of the Modern Arms Race
Priscilla Johnson McMillan
384 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0142001155
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Language: English
Publish: March 28, 2006
AmericanAmerican HistoryBiographyHistoryNonfictionPoliticsScienceWorld War II
A narrative based on newly declassified government documents and in-depth interviews describes the years during which scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and a group of scientists worked to prevent rivals from building more dangerous nuclear weapons only to become the victims of a McCarthy-era conspiracy. Reprint.