Oppenheimer: Portrait of an Enigma
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| Rating | : | 4.60 (823 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1566636663 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 238 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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Insight into an enigma Jeremy Bernstein obviously admires J. Robert Oppenheimer. This is not surprising. Almost everyone who came in contact with his sparkling intellect idolised him. In the 1930s, as a Professor at Berkeley, his students were so awestruck by him, that they could frequently be seen imitating his mannerisms. There were a few who loathed him for his high brow attitude and sharp tongue. In fact, people who met him could rou. "An insider's view of an enigmatic man" according to Loves to Knit. Everytime I think I've read all there is on the life of JR Oppenheimer, I discover another book to read. This one is a more intimate,insider's view of the man who directed Los Alamos Labs during the creation of the atmoic bomb, ushewring in the world-wide atomic age. Bernstein is a physicist and knows the subject matter first hand- the physics and the players. He's a good writer too. I'm gald to have it on my shelf. "Interstitial Material" according to Tim R. Niles. This book has supplied insights and information which none of my readings on the topic of Oppenheimer or the Manhattan Project or Los Alamos (where I spent part of my childhood, hence the interest) has provided.This is not a massive tome with large quantities of detail related to any one specific area of Oppenheimer's life, but provides information that tends to hold the massive amounts of data which has been writt
As a former colleague of Oppenheimer's, Jeremy Bernstein has written a biographical profile that is both personal and historical, bringing the reader close to the life and workings of an extraordinary and controversial man. Bernstein, combining the grace of a New Yorker writer with the insight of a theoretical physicist, draws a fine and fascinating portrait. Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.. Without Oppenheimer's totally remarkable leadership at Los Alamos, the atomic bomb would not have happened, and World War II would have ended very differently
Throughout, our view of Oppenheimer is firmly rooted in Bernstein's perspective, fleshed out in part through personal anecdotes of the rare occasions that their paths crossed. All rights reserved. Robert Oppenheimer. 7 b&w photos not seen by PW.Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Though an interesting window into the physics community through the 20th century, the result is a relatively shallow biography that holds its subject at arm's length, filled with awe and the kind of whispered stories that graduate students pass back and forth about the paramount figures in their field. Bernstein's characterization of this as the New Yor