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Peace & War - Reminiscences of a Life on the Frontiers of Science

Reminiscences of a Life on the Frontiers of Science

Serber, Robert

Peace & War - Reminiscences of a Life on the Frontiers of Science

Peace & War - Reminiscences of a Life on the Frontiers of Science

Reminiscences of a Life on the Frontiers of Science

Peace & War - Reminiscences of a Life on the Frontiers of Science

 

Discusses the author's experiences with Oppenheimer at Los Alamos

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Beschrijving Peace & War - Reminiscences of a Life on the Frontiers of Science

A prominent member of the Manhattan Project, Robert Serber was one of a team of scientists who assembled the bombs on Tinina Island for transport to Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He was also one of the first Americans to walk among the Japanese ruins after the catastrophe. This revealing self portrait is the story of Serber's life before, during, and after World War II.

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9780231105460
Pagina's
240
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680
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1
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Hardback
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Engels
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Columbia University Press

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