1901-1958

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1901-1958

Brotherhood of the bomb

the tangled lives and divided loyalties of Robert Oppenheimer, Ernest Lawrence, and Edward Teller
  • Herken, Gregg, 1947-
2002
Chronicles the events surrounding the creation of the nuclear bomb and profiles the three men responsible for the dawn of the atomic age, Robert Oppenheimer, Ernest Lawrence, and Edward Teller.
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Big science

Ernest Lawrence and the invention that launched the military-industrial complex
  • Hiltzik, Michael A
2016
Examines the career of Ernest O. Lawrence, the inventor of the cyclotron particle accelerator and his work on the Manhattan Project and the development of the hydrogen bomb.
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