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Schweber, S. S.

Einstein and Oppenheimer : the meaning of genius / Silvan S. Schweber. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008. - xiv, 412 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-400) and index.

Albert Einstein and nuclear weapons -- Albert Einstein and the founding of Brandeis University -- J. Robert Oppenheimer : proteus unbound -- J. Robert Oppenheimer and American pragmatism -- Einstein, Oppenheimer, and the extension of physics -- Einstein, Oppenheimer, and the meaning of community.

ISBN: 9780674028289 (alk. paper) 0674028287 (alk. paper)

LCCN: 2007043108

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA819762 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 014524537 Uk

Subjects--Personal Names:
Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955.
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Physicists--Intellectual life--20th century.
Physicists--Psychology.
Science--History--20th century.

LC Class. No.: QC16.E5 / S3285 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 530.092/2