Bibliograph

The general and the genius, Groves and Oppenheimer : the unlikely partnership that built the atom bomb, James Kunetka

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The general and the genius, Groves and Oppenheimer : the unlikely partnership that built the atom bomb, James Kunetka

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 451-464) and index

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collective biography

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Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The general and the genius

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

891618851

Responsibility statement

James Kunetka

Sub title

Groves and Oppenheimer : the unlikely partnership that built the atom bomb

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

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

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