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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kunetka, James W., 1944- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Regnery History, [2015]
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Description
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.
Physical Description:xiv, 482 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781621573388
1621573389