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The General and the Genius : : Groves and Oppenheimer : the Unlikely Partnership That Built the Atom Bomb

Kunetka, James W., 1944- Book - 2022 355.825 Ku, Adult Book / Nonfiction / History / World War II / Kunetka, James W. 2 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 0 out of 5

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Call Number: 355.825 Ku, Adult Book / Nonfiction / History / World War II / Kunetka, James W.
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"World War II collection"--Cover.
July 16, 1945 : early morning -- Revolutionary developments -- General and physicist -- The extraordinary partnership -- A military necessity -- Large-scale experiments -- The Los Alamos primer -- Fortunate choices -- All possible priority -- Splendid isolation -- A necessary reorganization -- Converging roads : 1945 -- Race to the finish -- Men will see what we saw -- Primary targets -- The extraordinary working relationship -- Retrospection : 2015.
Describes how Leslie Richard Groves of the Army Corps of Engineers enlisted the help of theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer on a three-year collaboration that resulted in the U.S. beating the Nazis to the invention of the atomic bomb.

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PUBLISHED
Washington, DC : Regnery History, 2022
Year Published: 2022
Description: 482 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781684513598
1684513596

SUBJECTS
Groves, Leslie R., -- 1896-1970.
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, -- 1904-1967.
Manhattan Project (U.S.) -- History.
Los Alamos National Laboratory -- History -- 20th century.
Atomic bomb -- Los Alamos -- History.
Generals -- United States -- Biography.
Military engineers -- United States -- Biography.
Physicists -- United States -- Biography.