The General and the Genius: Groves and Oppenheimer — The Unlikely Partnership that Built the Atom Bomb
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| Rating | : | 4.48 (898 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1621573389 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 480 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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Great read! Dion L. Heinz This is one of those books that you cannot put down. It is a fascinating and unique story about the interaction of General Groves and Robert Oppenheimer during World War II and the construction of the atomic bomb. There are four books that I really have a special place in my collection about the Manhattan Project (which is at least one bookcase worth). They are: 1) “The Making o. Loved it! Can't wait for his next book. Young At Heart It is amazing that a single volume can cover so many aspects of the development of the atomic bomb. The physics and engineering are described in a way that is accessible to the lay person but also provides the details that make it a good reference for deeper research or later recall. It includes a study of how best to manage a team of super creative people and keep the project moving . Bruce Cameron Reed said Basically sound, but many small errors. This book gives a very readable general-level survey of the Manhattan Project. The author’s focus is the personalities of and working relationship between Robert Oppenheimer and General Groves, but of necessity covers the entire Project.While largely derivative from existing sources, the great strength of this book is that the author has made excellent use of Los Alamos sources
His mission: to beat the Nazis to the atomic bomb. One historic mission.With a blinding flash in the New Mexico desert in the summer of 1945, the world was changed forever. The General and the Genius reveals how two extraordinary men pulled off the greatest scientific feat of the twentieth century. So he turned to the nation's preeminent theoretical physicist, J. In their three-year collaboration, the iron-willed general and the visionary scientist led a brilliant team in a secret mountaintop lab and built the fearsome weapons that ended the war but introduced the human race to unimaginable new terrors. The bomb that ushered in the atomic age was the product of one of history's most improbable partnerships. Two ambitious men. Robert Oppenheimer—the chain-smoking, martini-quaffing son of wealthy Jewish immigrants, whose background was riddled with communist associations—Groves's opposite in nearly every respect. Leslie Richard Groves of the Army Corps of Engineers, who had made his name by build
Having previously written on the subject (1978’s City of Fire and 1981’s Oppenheimer, Year of Risk), Kunetka here uses original records and correspondence to produce a fast-paced recounting of the two and a half year Manhattan Project. Groves was from a middle class family, authoritarian, brusque, and focused on his mission. He sets this narrative apart by focusing on the relationship between the two key leaders of the project: Gen. Oppenheimer was wealthy, charismatic, liberal, and focused on academic understanding. He also simplifies the physics to be understandable to lay readers. Publisher's Weekly Review:"Timed to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the Trinity Test, the detonation of the first atomic bomb, Kunetka shares the story of its development. Robert Oppenheimer, director of the Los Alamos Laboratory. Leslie Richard Dick” Groves, dir