Atomic histories / Rudolf E. Peierls.
Atomic histories / Rudolf E. Peierls.
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Woodbury, N.Y. : AIP Press, c1997.
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T0393655
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English
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xvii, 378 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
Rudi Peierls - An Appreciation -- 1. A Physicist's Portrait Gallery. Wolfgang Ernst Pauli, 1900-1958. Professor H. W. B. Skinner, F.R.S., 1900-1960. An Appreciation of Niels Bohr. Truth and Clarity. Rutherford and Bohr. J. Robert Oppenheimer, 1904-1967. The Growing Pains of Robert Oppenheimer. Heise...
Energy from Heaven and Earth. Memories of the Secret City. Counting Weapons. Fourty Years into the Atomic Age. The Case for the Defence. The Making of the Atomic Bomb. Nuclear Weapons: How Did We Get There, and Where Are We Going? Atomic History. "In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer" "Security" T...
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Woodbury, N.Y. : AIP Press, c1997.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c1997.
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Atomic histories / Rudolf E. Peierls.
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Masters of modern physics ; v. 18.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Transferred from N530.0904/3.
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c1997.
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T0393655
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1563962438 (hardcover)
9781563962431 (hardcover)
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530.0904/3
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991005146439702626
