The general and the genius : Groves and Oppenheimer : the unlikely partnership that built the atom bomb /
Kunetka, James W., 1944-,
The general and the genius : Groves and Oppenheimer : the unlikely partnership that built the atom bomb / Groves and Oppenheimer : the unlikely partnership that built the atom bomb Unlikely partnership that built the atom bomb James Kunetka. - xiv, 482 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 451-464) and index.
July 16, 1945 : early morning -- Revolutionary developments -- General and physicist -- The extraordinary partnership -- A military necessity -- Large-scale experiments -- The Los Alamos primer -- Fortunate choices -- All possible priority -- Splendid isolation -- A necessary reorganization -- Converging roads : 1945 -- Race to the finish -- Men will see what we saw -- Primary targets -- The extraordinary working relationship -- Retrospection : 2015.
Describes how Leslie Richard Groves of the Army Corps of Engineers enlisted the help of theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer on a three-year collaboration that resulted in the U.S. beating the Nazis to the invention of the atomic bomb.
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Groves, Leslie R., 1896-1970.
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967.
Los Alamos National Laboratory--History--20th century.
Manhattan Project (U.S.)--History.
Atomic bomb--History.--New Mexico--Los Alamos
Generals--United States--Biography.
Military engineers--United States--Biography.
Physicists--United States--Biography.
The general and the genius : Groves and Oppenheimer : the unlikely partnership that built the atom bomb / Groves and Oppenheimer : the unlikely partnership that built the atom bomb Unlikely partnership that built the atom bomb James Kunetka. - xiv, 482 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 451-464) and index.
July 16, 1945 : early morning -- Revolutionary developments -- General and physicist -- The extraordinary partnership -- A military necessity -- Large-scale experiments -- The Los Alamos primer -- Fortunate choices -- All possible priority -- Splendid isolation -- A necessary reorganization -- Converging roads : 1945 -- Race to the finish -- Men will see what we saw -- Primary targets -- The extraordinary working relationship -- Retrospection : 2015.
Describes how Leslie Richard Groves of the Army Corps of Engineers enlisted the help of theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer on a three-year collaboration that resulted in the U.S. beating the Nazis to the invention of the atomic bomb.
1621573389 9781621573388
2015004467
Groves, Leslie R., 1896-1970.
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967.
Los Alamos National Laboratory--History--20th century.
Manhattan Project (U.S.)--History.
Atomic bomb--History.--New Mexico--Los Alamos
Generals--United States--Biography.
Military engineers--United States--Biography.
Physicists--United States--Biography.