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109 East Palace : Robert Oppenheimer and the secret city of Los Alamos / Jennet Conant

Author:
Conant, Jennet  Search this
Subject:
McKibbin, Dorothy Scarritt 1897-1985  Search this
Oppenheimer, J. Robert 1904-1967  Search this
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory History  Search this
Manhattan Project (U.S.) History  Search this
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory  Search this
Manhattan Project (U.S.)  Search this
Physical description:
xviii, 425 p. : maps ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Biography
Place:
United States
Date:
2005
C2005
Topic:
Atomic bomb--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_773135
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American Prometheus : the triumph and tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer / by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin

Title:
Triumph and tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Author:
Bird, Kai  Search this
Sherwin, Martin J  Search this
Subject:
Oppenheimer, J. Robert 1904-1967  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 721 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
United States
Date:
2005
20th century
Topic:
Physicists  Search this
Atomic bomb--History  Search this
Science--Political aspects--History  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_765414
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Bicentennial of the Birth of James Smithson Celebration

Subject:
Whipple, Fred Lawrence 1906-  Search this
Smithson, James 1765-1829  Search this
Ripley, Sidney Dillon 1913-2001  Search this
Bruner, Jerome S (Jerome Seymour)  Search this
Butterfield, Herbert Sir 1900-  Search this
Clark, Kenneth 1903-  Search this
Cowan, Ian McTaggart 1910-  Search this
Hutchinson, G. Evelyn (George Evelyn) 1903-  Search this
Koestler, Arthur 1905-  Search this
Lévi-Strauss, Claude  Search this
Mumford, Lewis 1895-  Search this
Oppenheimer, J. Robert 1904-1967  Search this
Toulmin, Stephen Edelston  Search this
Warren, Earl 1891-1974  Search this
Adams, Thomas Boylston  Search this
James Smithson Medal  Search this
James Smithson Bicentennial Celebration 1965  Search this
Bicentennial Celebration Commemorating the Birth of James Smithson 1965  Search this
Knowledge Among Men (Publication)  Search this
United States Marine Corps  Search this
Hodgkins Fund and Medal  Search this
Date:
September 16, 17, 18, 1965
Topic:
Judges  Search this
Awards  Search this
Anniversaries  Search this
Congresses and conventions  Search this
Museum publications  Search this
Celebrities  Search this
Special events  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_2382
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Brotherhood of the bomb : the tangled lives and loyalties of Robert Oppenheimer, Ernest Lawrence, and Edward Teller / Gregg Herken

Author:
Herken, Gregg 1947-  Search this
Subject:
Oppenheimer, J. Robert 1904-1967  Search this
Lawrence, Ernest Orlando 1901-1958  Search this
Teller, Edward 1908-2003  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 448 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
United States
Date:
2002
20th century
Topic:
Physicists  Search this
Atomic bomb--History  Search this
Nuclear physics--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_700665
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Conscience, science and security: the case of Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer. Edited by Cushing Strout

Author:
Strout, Cushing  Search this
Subject:
Oppenheimer, J. Robert 1904-1967  Search this
Physical description:
58 p. 22 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1963
C1963
Call number:
CT275.O62 S77 1963
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_553951
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Einstein and Oppenheimer : the meaning of genius / Silvan S. Schweber

Author:
Schweber, S. S (Silvan S.)  Search this
Subject:
Einstein, Albert 1879-1955  Search this
Oppenheimer, J. Robert 1904-1967  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 412 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2008
20th century
Topic:
Physicists--Intellectual life  Search this
Physicists--Psychology  Search this
Science--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_900171
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In the matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer: transcript of hearing before Personnel Security Board and texts of principal documents and letters. Foreword by Philip M. Stern

Author:
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission  Search this
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission In the matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer; texts of principal documents and letters. 1971  Search this
Subject:
Oppenheimer, J. Robert 1904-1967  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 1084 p. 23 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1971
1954
[1971]
Call number:
CT275.O62 U5
QC16.O62U54 1971X
CT275.O62U5
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_197922
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In the matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer; transcript of hearing before Personnel Security Board, Washington D.C., April 12, 1954, through May 6, 1954

Author:
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission  Search this
Subject:
Oppenheimer, J. Robert 1904-1967  Search this
Physical description:
992 p. 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1954
Call number:
QC16.O62U5X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_205538
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In the matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer; transcript of hearing before Personnel Security Board, Washington D.C., April 12, 1954, through May 6, 1954

Author:
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission  Search this
Former owner:
Cushman, Robert Eugene 1889-1969 DSI  Search this
Subject:
Oppenheimer, J. Robert 1904-1967  Search this
Physical description:
[2], 993, [1] p. 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1954
Call number:
QC16.O62 U54 1954
QC16.O62U54 1954
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_227822
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J. Robert Oppenheimer : a life / Abraham Pais ; with supplemental material by Robert P. Crease

Author:
Pais, Abraham 1918-  Search this
Crease, Robert P  Search this
Subject:
Oppenheimer, J. Robert 1904-1967  Search this
Physical description:
xxii, 353 p. [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
United States
Date:
2007
2006
Topic:
Physicists  Search this
Atomic bomb--History  Search this
Call number:
QC16.O62 P35 2007
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_821454
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J. Robert Oppenheimer : shatterer of worlds / Peter Goodchild

Author:
Goodchild, Peter  Search this
Subject:
Oppenheimer, J. Robert 1904-1967  Search this
Physical description:
301 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
United States
Date:
1981
1981, c1980
Topic:
Physicists  Search this
Call number:
CT275.O62 G6
CT275.O62G6
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_139927
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J. Robert Oppenheimer and the American century / David C. Cassidy

Author:
Cassidy, David C. 1945-  Search this
Subject:
Oppenheimer, J. Robert 1904-1967  Search this
Physical description:
xviii, 462 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
United States
Date:
2005
C2005
Topic:
Atomic bomb--History  Search this
Physicists  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_775078
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J. Robert Oppenheimer letter to Harold Friedlander, dated University of California, Department of Physics, Berkeley 4, California, 5 December 1946

Correspondent:
Oppenheimer, J. Robert 1904-1967  Search this
Addressee:
Friedlander, Harold active 1946  Search this
Former owner:
Lende, H. W. Jr. DSI  Search this
Associated name:
University of California, Berkeley Department of Physics  Search this
Author:
H.W. Lende, Jr. Manuscript Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Subject:
Manhattan Project (U.S.)  Search this
Physical description:
1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 28 cm
Type:
Manuscripts
Manuscripts (documents)
Place:
United States
Date:
1946
Topic:
Atomic bomb--History  Search this
Nuclear reactors  Search this
Call number:
MSS 002113 A
Restrictions & Rights:
Use by appointment with Dibner Library staff.
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1101862
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J. Robert Oppenheimer letter to Lewis C. Bohn, dated P.O. Box 1663, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1 October 1945

Correspondent:
Oppenheimer, J. Robert 1904-1967  Search this
Addressee:
Bohn, Lewis C. active 1945  Search this
Associated name:
McDaniel, Boyce D (Boyce Dawkins) 1917-  Search this
Manhattan Project (U.S.)  Search this
Former owner:
Lende, H. W. Jr. DSI  Search this
Author:
H.W. Lende, Jr. Manuscript Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI  Search this
Subject:
Bohn, Lewis C. active 1945  Search this
Manhattan Project (U.S.)  Search this
Physical description:
1 sheet (1 unnumbered page) ; 28 cm + 1 envelope + 1 card
Type:
Manuscripts
Manuscripts (documents)
Place:
United States
Date:
1945
Topic:
Atomic bomb--History  Search this
Call number:
MSS 002112 A
Restrictions & Rights:
Use by appointment with Dibner Library staff.
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1101860
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J. Robert Oppenheimer, the Cold War, and the atomic West / Jon Hunner

Author:
Hunner, Jon  Search this
Subject:
Oppenheimer, J. Robert 1904-1967  Search this
Los Alamos National Laboratory  Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 248 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
United States
Date:
2009
C2009
Topic:
Physicists  Search this
Nuclear physicists  Search this
Atomic bomb--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_972740
view James Smithson Bicentennial Celebration digital asset number 1

James Smithson Bicentennial Celebration

Author:
Unknown  Search this
Subject:
Oppenheimer, J. Robert 1904-1967  Search this
Haskins, Caryl Parker 1908-  Search this
Bruner, Jerome S (Jerome Seymour)  Search this
Jameson, John F III  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
James Smithson Bicentennial Celebration 1965  Search this
Bicentennial Celebration Commemorating the Birth of James Smithson 1965  Search this
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 5w x 4h; Type of Image: Event; Group, candid; Medium: Negative
Type:
Group, candid
Negative
Date:
1965
Topic:
Anniversaries  Search this
Event  Search this
Regents  Search this
Standard number:
82-3268
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_7767
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Lawrence and Oppenheimer

Author:
Davis, Nuel Pharr 1915-  Search this
Subject:
Lawrence, Ernest Orlando 1901-1958  Search this
Oppenheimer, J. Robert 1904-1967  Search this
Physical description:
384 p. illus. 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1968
[1968]
Call number:
CT275.L419 D2
QC16.L36 D263
CT275.L419D2
QC16.L36D263
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_21792
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Lawrence and Oppenheimer / by Nuel Pharr Davis

Author:
Davis, Nuel Pharr 1915-  Search this
Subject:
Lawrence, Ernest Orlando 1901-1958  Search this
Oppenheimer, J. Robert 1904-1967  Search this
Physical description:
384 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
United States
Date:
1986
C1986
Topic:
Physicists  Search this
Call number:
QC16.L36D38 1986X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_305777
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Oppenheimer : the tragic intellect / Charles Thorpe

Author:
Thorpe, Charles 1973-  Search this
Subject:
Oppenheimer, J. Robert 1904-1967  Search this
Physical description:
xx, 413 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
United States
Date:
2006
20th century
Topic:
Physicists  Search this
Scientists--Intellectual life  Search this
Science--Moral and ethical aspects  Search this
Science and state  Search this
Atomic bomb--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_812784
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Oppenheimer [by] I. I. Rabi [and others]

Author:
Oppenheimer, J. Robert 1904-1967  Search this
Rabi, I. I (Isidor Isaac),) 1898-1988  Search this
Physical description:
x, 90 pages illustrations, portraits 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Festschriften
Place:
United States
Date:
1969
Topic:
Atomic bomb--History  Search this
Physicists  Search this
Call number:
QC16.O62 O6X
QC16.O62O6X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_270

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