The general and the genius : Groves and Oppenheimer : the unlikely partnership that built the atom bomb /
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 United States beating the Nazis to the invention of the atomic bomb.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
Regnery History,
[2015]
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| Summary: | 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 United States beating the Nazis to the invention of the atomic bomb. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 482 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781621573388 1621573389 |