Peace and War
by Robert Serber, Robert Crease
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Author: Robert Crease, Robert SerberEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1998-05-15
ISBN: 0231105460
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: Columbia University Press
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Book Review: A fascinating story by a nuclear pioneer
Summary: 4 Stars
Robert Serber was J. Robert Oppenheimer's student, friend, and first recruit for the atomic bomb laboratory at Los Alamos. Serber recounts this, as well as the most of the rest of his life, in an engaging informal style. I wish he'd been a little more forthcoming about his and Oppenheimer's politics, but even the little bit he tells adds vital new information to these subjects. He also recaptures how the A-bomb project looked to people who were AT WAR, who actually had to choose between killing the enemy and letting their countrymen be killed. Highly Recommended.
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