J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904–1967)
Auteur de The Open Mind
A propos de l'auteur
An American physicist, born in New York City, Robert Oppenheimer graduated from Harvard University summa cum laude in 1925. He made significant contributions to the development of quantum mechanics and was the key figure in the rapid development of the first atom bomb. After extensive study with afficher plus key researchers in Britain and Germany (he received his Ph.D. in 1927 from the University of Gottingen), Oppenheimer returned to the United States to establish and run simultaneously two influential schools of theoretical physics, at the California Institute of Technology and the University of California, Berkeley. Theoretical physics had never before been studied with such intensity in the United States. During the 1930s, he made numerous contributions to atomic and nuclear physics. Oppenheimer and his students developed almost all consequences of the Dirac theory of the electron, including the predicted positively charged electron, discovered by Carl Anderson in 1932 and named the position. Oppenheimer also published early papers, theoretically discussing black holes and neutron stars. These papers were ignored by astronomers for many years. Oppenheimer is best known to the general public as the leader of the successful American effort to develop the atom bomb at Los Alamos, New Mexico (1942--45). In 1947 he was appointed director of the Institute of Advanced Study at Princeton, New Jersey. After the war, Oppenheimer made powerful enemies by his opposition to the development of the hydrogen bomb and by his public proposals for international control of atomic energy. In 1954, during the McCarthy era, the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) declared him a "security risk," thereby greatly disturbing many scientists. In 1963, AEC reversed its position, nominating Oppenheimer for its Fermi Prize in recognition of his many achievements. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
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Œuvres de J. Robert Oppenheimer
Energia Atómica e Liberdade Humana Livro 1 2 exemplaires
La science et le bon sens. collection : idees n° 30. 1 exemplaire
Lectures on Electrodynamics 1 exemplaire
Hombre y ciencia un desafío al mundo 1 exemplaire
Den flygande trapetsen 1 exemplaire
Den flyvende trapez 1 exemplaire
Ciência e o Saber Comum Livro 1 1 exemplaire
Wissenschaft und allgemeines Denken. rowohlts deutsche enzyklopädie Nr. 6 : Das Wissen des 20. Jahrhunderts im… (1955) 1 exemplaire
scienza e pensiero comune 1 exemplaire
Energia atomica problema d'oggi 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Die zwei Kulturen : literarische und naturwissenschaftliche Intelligenz ; C. P. Snows These in der Diskussion (1967) — Contributeur — 6 exemplaires
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- Autres noms
- Оппенгеймер, Роберт
- Date de naissance
- 1904-04-22
- Date de décès
- 1967-02-18
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Professions
- шахматист (аматор)
- Relations
- Oppenheimer, Frank (brother)
- Prix et distinctions
- BBC Reith Lecturer (1953)
Enrico Fermi Award (1963)
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