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Summary: Robert Oppenheimer
Review: After reading "Robert Oppenheimer and the atomic story" I felt that I knew Mr. Oppenheimer. The author wrote the book so that all the information could be learned and still be interesting. I learned every little fact about Mr. Oppenheimer and came out with a greater appreciation for him and his work.
The reason he is worthy of a book is mostly because he was the man behind the atomic bomb. He is most famous for this but he also accomplished many other great things in nuclear fission and quantum physics.I started reading this book because I had to but after reading it I gained an appreciation and a greater understanding for a great man. If you are doing a report or are just interested in Robert Oppenheimer I strongly suggest that you read this book.
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Summary: Robert Oppenheimer
Review: After reading "Robert Oppenheimer and the atomic story" I felt that I knew Mr. Oppenheimer. The author wrote the book so that all the information could be learned and still be interesting. I learned every little fact about Mr. Oppenheimer and came out with a greater appreciation for him and his work.
The reason he is worthy of a book is mostly because he was the man behind the atomic bomb. He is most famous for this but he also accomplished many other great things in nuclear fission and quantum physics. I started reading this book because I had to but after reading it I gained an appreciation and a greater understanding for a great man. If you are doing a report or are just interested in Robert Oppenheimer I strongly suggest that you read this book.
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Summary: The Man Behind the Bomb
Review: For those interested in the history of the atomic bomb, I strongly recommend this book. After reading Richard Rhodes' "The Making of the Atomic Bomb", I was curious to read more about Oppenheimer and this book satisfied that yen. Goodchild's book is relatively thorough and moves quickly. I think his view of Oppenheimer is generally sympathetic and he does a nice job of showing how Oppenheimer managed the a-bomb project and kept abreast of each development in a number of then ground-breaking scientific achievements. And in a People Magazine fashion, the information about the various egos involved also made for interesting reading. This book was written for the layperson. The amount of technical information presented is limited and well-presented. It would have been nice to have just a little more detail on the Oppenheimer trial, but was there was well-done.
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Summary: An excellent companion to the BBC documentary.
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed the original BBC documentary and the book
is an equally interesting companion. Oppenheimer comes across
as a fascinating character in the history of science. He seems (to me) to be in the process of being written out of
history or at least reduced to a small footnote as an anonymous
technician identified as "father of the atomic bomb". This
very readable biography show he was a complex man and an
influential figure in twentieth century science and culture.
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