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The Atomic Alchemist J. Robert Oppenheimer And The Birth of The Nuclear Age [Audiobook]


Free Download The Atomic Alchemist: J. Robert Oppenheimer And The Birth of The Nuclear Age (Audiobook)
English | ISBN: 9798882388606 | 2024 | 1 hour and 33 minutes | M4B@320 kbps | 214 MB
Author: Davis Truman
Narrator: John Sullivan

In "The Atomic Alchemist: J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Birth of the Nuclear Age," we embark on a captivating journey through the life and legacy of one of the most influential figures of the 20th century. This meticulously researched and thought-provoking book delves into the fascinating story of Oppenheimer’s role in the development of the atomic bomb, the unprecedented power it unleashed, and the profound ethical questions it raised. From Oppenheimer’s early years as a brilliant physicist to his pivotal leadership in the Manhattan Project, this book chronicles his journey through creating the underground Los Alamos laboratory, where exceptional minds collaborated under intense pressure to build a weapon of unimaginable destruction. Gain a front-row seat as scientific breakthroughs lead to the splitting of the atom, and the world stands on the precipice of a new era.

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Storytelling and Science Rewriting Oppenheimer in the Nuclear Age


Free Download David K. Hecht, "Storytelling and Science: Rewriting Oppenheimer in the Nuclear Age "
English | ISBN: 1625341423 | 2015 | 208 pages | EPUB | 615 KB
No single figure embodies Cold War science more than the renowned physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer. Although other scientists may have been more influential in establishing the institutions and policies of the nuclear age, none has loomed larger in the popular imagination than the "father of the atomic bomb." Americans have been drawn to the story of the Manhattan Project Oppenheimer helped lead and riveted by the McCarthy-era politics that caught him in its crosshairs. Journalists and politicians, writers and artists have told Oppenheimer’s story in many different ways since he first gained notoriety in 1945. In Storytelling and Science, David K. Hecht examines why they did so, and what they hoped to achieve through their stories.

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