Bernstein, Jeremy. Oppenheimer.BERNSTEIN, Jeremy. Oppenheimer. Ivan R. Dee. 223p. illus. notes. index. c2004. 1-56663-666-3. $14.95. SA * This is one of four new books focusing on the scientist who led the program that produced the first atomic bomb atomic bomb or A-bomb, weapon deriving its explosive force from the release of atomic energy through the fission (splitting) of heavy nuclei (see nuclear energy). The first atomic bomb was produced at the Los Alamos, N.Mex. . It is also the shortest and most accessible. Bernstein has been writing about complex science for an educated general audience at The New Yorker yorker Noun Cricket a ball bowled so as to pitch just under or just beyond the bat [probably after the Yorkshire County Cricket Club] for years, and as a writer who actually studied for a time with Oppenheimer at Princeton, he's admirably ad·mi·ra·ble adj. Deserving admiration. ad  mi·ra·ble·ness n.ad suited to examine the life, work and legacy. The book is clearly and sensibly organized into five sections, covering key periods in his subject's life and work. Facts and opinions are clearly separated, and the opinions are always informed and thoughtful. When out in paperback, the other new books in the series may be welcome additions to school libraries; but this one is essential. Daniel Levinson Daniel J. Levinson was one of the founders of the field of Positive Adult Development. He was born in New York City on May 28, 1920. He completed his dissertation at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1947, on the measurement of ethnocentrism. , Teacher, Thayer Acad., Braintree, MA |
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