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1 online resource (xiv, 132 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Sightline books
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Sightline books.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Oppenheimer is watching me -- Castro's beard -- Distress signals -- Going ballistic -- Trace elements -- On the beach -- Postscript. |
| Summary |
When he discovers that his father worked on missiles for a defense contractor, Jeff Porter is inspired to revisit America's atomic past and our fallen heroes, in particular J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb. The result, Oppenheimer Is Watching Me, takes readers back to the cold war, when men in lab coats toyed with the properties of matter and fears of national security troubled our sleep. With an eye for strange symmetries, Porter traces how one panicky moment shaped the lives of a generation. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967 -- Influence.
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Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967. |
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Porter, Jeffrey Lyn, 1951- -- Childhood and youth.
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Porter, Jeffrey Lyn, 1951- |
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Porter, Jeffrey Lyn, 1951- -- Family.
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Families. |
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Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967 -- Influence -- Childhood and youth -- Family. |
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Porter, Jeffrey Lyn, 1951- -- Influence -- Childhood and youth -- Family. |
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United States -- Social life and customs -- 1945-1970.
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United States. |
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Manners and customs. |
| Chronological Term |
1945-1970 |
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United States -- Social conditions -- 1945-
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Social conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
1945- |
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Cold War -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Cold War (1945-1989) |
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Social aspects. |
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Atomic bomb -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Atomic bomb -- Social aspects. |
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Atomic bomb. |
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United States -- History -- 1953-1961 -- Biography.
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History. |
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1953-1961 |
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Biographies.
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United States -- History -- 1961-1969 -- Biography.
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| Chronological Term |
1961-1969 |
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Buffalo (N.Y.) -- Biography.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Porter, Jeffrey Lyn, 1951- Oppenheimer is watching me. Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2007 9781587296161 1587296160 (DLC) 2007007356 (OCoLC)85822487 |
| ISBN |
9781587297502 (electronic book) |
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1587297507 (electronic book) |
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9781587296161 (cloth) |
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1587296160 (cloth) |
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