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Robert Oppenheimer, Letters and Recollections

Author : J. Robert Oppenheimer
Publisher : Stanford Nuclear Age (Paperbac
ISBN 13 : 9780804726207
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (262 download)

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Download or read book Robert Oppenheimer, Letters and Recollections written by J. Robert Oppenheimer and published by Stanford Nuclear Age (Paperbac. This book was released on 1995 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967) is one of the few American scientists who have become public and controversial figures in the twentieth century. This book adds a new dimension to the Oppenheimer story by offering a look at the private man behind the public figure. It consists of letters spanning the period from his Harvard student days in 1922 to his departure from Los Alamos in 1945. The letters are supplemented by recollections of those who knew Oppenheimer and by his own recollections from an interview a few years before his death. 'A beautifully organized collection of letters and reminiscences ... The editors have interviewed those who knew and worked with him, stirred in the necessary explanatory background, and produced an account, both scholarly and highly readable, which throws fresh light on a man who will probably always remain something of an enigma. Amid devotional defense and almost rabid attack, their book is a model of objectivity.' New York Times Book RevieW 'An intimate, carefully documented, and honest book.'

Letters and Recollections of John Murray Forbes

Author : John Murray Forbes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Letters and Recollections of John Murray Forbes written by John Murray Forbes and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

C.S. Lewis, My Godfather

Author : Laurence Harwood
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830834982
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book C.S. Lewis, My Godfather written by Laurence Harwood and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laurence Harwood presents his memories and interactions with godfather C. S. Lewis, spanning Harwood's early boyhood to young adulthood. This book contributes to a more complete portrait of Lewis and focuses on Lewis's friendships with a boy and his father.

Letters and Recollections of Mazzini

Author : Harriet Eleanor Baillie-Hamilton King
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Letters and Recollections of Mazzini written by Harriet Eleanor Baillie-Hamilton King and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Recollections of a Southern Daughter

Author : Cornelia Jones Pond
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 9780820320441
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Recollections of a Southern Daughter written by Cornelia Jones Pond and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first unabridged publication of the memoirs of Cornelia Jones Pond, a privileged child of a slaveholding family in Georgia, follws her life from her birth into the antebellum world of 1834, through the apocalyptic Civil War, and beyond. UP.

In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer

Author : Richard Polenberg
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801486616
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (866 download)

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Download or read book In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer written by Richard Polenberg and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the end of World War II, J. Robert Oppenheimer was one of America's preeminent physicists. For his work as director of the Manhattan Project, he was awarded the Medal for Merit, the highest honor the U.S. government can bestow on a civilian. Yet, in 1953, Oppenheimer was denied security clearance amidst allegations that he was "more probably than not" an "agent of the Soviet Union." Determined to clear his name, he insisted on a hearing before the Atomic Energy Commission's Personnel Security Board.In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer contains an edited and annotated transcript of the 1954 hearing, as well as the various reports resulting from it. Drawing on recently declassified FBI files, Richard Polenberg's introductory and concluding essays situate the hearing in the Cold War period, and his thoughtful analysis helps explain why the hearing was held, why it turned out as it did, and what that result meant, both for Oppenheimer and for the United States.Among the forty witnesses who testified were many who had played vitally important roles in the making of U.S. nuclear policy: Enrico Fermi, Hans Bethe, Edward Teller, Vannevar Bush, George F. Kennan, and Oppenheimer himself. The hearing provides valuable insights into the development of the atomic bomb and the postwar debate among scientists over the hydrogen bomb, the conflict between the foreign policy and military establishments over national defense, and the controversy over the proper standards to apply in assessing an individual's loyalty. It reveals as well the fears and anxieties that plagued America during the Cold War era.

Atom and Void

Author : J. Robert Oppenheimer
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400860288
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Atom and Void written by J. Robert Oppenheimer and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: J. Robert Oppenheimer was one of the outstanding physicists of his generation. He was also an immensely gifted writer and speaker, who thought deeply about the way that scientific discoveries have changed the way people live and think. Displaying his subtlety of thought and expression as do few other documents, this book of his lectures discusses the moral and cultural implications of developments in modern physics. Originally published in 1989. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Recollections of My Life as a Woman

Author : Diane di Prima
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0140231587
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Recollections of My Life as a Woman written by Diane di Prima and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2002-03-26 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Recollections of My Life as a Woman, Diane di Prima explores the first three decades of her extraordinary life. Born into a conservative Italian American family, di Prima grew up in Brooklyn but broke away from her roots to follow through on a lifelong commitment to become a poet, first made when she was in high school. Immersing herself in Manhattan's early 1950s Bohemia, di Prima quickly emerged as a renowned poet, an influential editor, and a single mother at a time when this was unheard of. Vividly chronicling the intense, creative cauldron of those years, she recounts her revolutionary relationships and sexuality, and how her experimentation led her to define herself as a woman. What emerges is a fascinating narrative about the courage and triumph of the imagination, and how one woman discovered her role in the world.

Love Letters to the Dead

Author : Ava Dellaira
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN 13 : 0374346682
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (743 download)

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Download or read book Love Letters to the Dead written by Ava Dellaira and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Dear Ava, I loved your book.” —Award-winning actress Emma Watson For fans of Kathleen Glasgow and Amber Smith, Ava Dellaira writes about grief, love, and family with a haunting and often heartbreaking beauty in this emotionally stirring, critically acclaimed debut novel, Love Letters to the Dead. It begins as an assignment for English class: Write a letter to a dead person. Laurel chooses Kurt Cobain because her sister, May, loved him. And he died young, just like May did. Soon, Laurel has a notebook full of letters to people like Janis Joplin, Amy Winehouse, Amelia Earhart, Heath Ledger, and more—though she never gives a single one of them to her teacher. She writes about starting high school, navigating new friendships, falling in love for the first time, learning to live with her splintering family. And, finally, about the abuse she suffered while May was supposed to be looking out for her. Only then, once Laurel has written down the truth about what happened to herself, can she truly begin to accept what happened to May. And only when Laurel has begun to see her sister as the person she was—lovely and amazing and deeply flawed—can she begin to discover her own path.

Before I Say Goodbye

Author : Ruth Picardie
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780805066128
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (661 download)

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Download or read book Before I Say Goodbye written by Ruth Picardie and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2000-09-14 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays, letters, and personal recollections in which Ruth Picardie records her feelings in the year before she died of breast cancer.

Recollections of My Nonexistence

Author : Rebecca Solnit
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0593083334
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Recollections of My Nonexistence written by Rebecca Solnit and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An electric portrait of the artist as a young woman that asks how a writer finds her voice in a society that prefers women to be silent In Recollections of My Nonexistence, Rebecca Solnit describes her formation as a writer and as a feminist in 1980s San Francisco, in an atmosphere of gender violence on the street and throughout society and the exclusion of women from cultural arenas. She tells of being poor, hopeful, and adrift in the city that became her great teacher; of the small apartment that, when she was nineteen, became the home in which she transformed herself; of how punk rock gave form and voice to her own fury and explosive energy. Solnit recounts how she came to recognize the epidemic of violence against women around her, the street harassment that unsettled her, the trauma that changed her, and the authority figures who routinely disdained and disbelieved girls and women, including her. Looking back, she sees all these as consequences of the voicelessness that was and still is the ordinary condition of women, and how she contended with that while becoming a writer and a public voice for women's rights. She explores the forces that liberated her as a person and as a writer--books themselves, the gay men around her who offered other visions of what gender, family, and joy could be, and her eventual arrival in the spacious landscapes and overlooked conflicts of the American West. These influences taught her how to write in the way she has ever since, and gave her a voice that has resonated with and empowered many others.

A Texas Sampler

Author : Lisa Waller Rogers
Publisher : Texas Tech University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780896723931
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (239 download)

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Download or read book A Texas Sampler written by Lisa Waller Rogers and published by Texas Tech University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a tribute to the remarkable people who settled Texas. See the past through the eyes of a German farmwife, a slave, a Comanche chief and others.

Any Damned Fool Can Be Uncomfortable: My Parents' Letters and Recollections from World War II and Life Through the 20th Century

Author : Spencer Bruskin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781520734859
Total Pages : 662 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book Any Damned Fool Can Be Uncomfortable: My Parents' Letters and Recollections from World War II and Life Through the 20th Century written by Spencer Bruskin and published by . This book was released on 2017-06-07 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bob Bruskin had a varied career as a newspaper reporter, army intelligence officer and foreign service officer. Kathleen Bruskin was a professional artist and teacher. The couple exchanged hundreds of letters, particularly during World War II, most of which Kathleen preserved. Bob later recorded the story of his life and his adventures beginning with his youth in New York's Lower East Side. Their son has used their own voices in their letters and recollections to weave their story into a unique history of the times and the events that influenced their lives.

Sharon Tate: Recollection

Author : Debra Tate
Publisher : Running Press Adult
ISBN 13 : 0762452358
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (624 download)

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Download or read book Sharon Tate: Recollection written by Debra Tate and published by Running Press Adult. This book was released on 2014-06-10 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considered by many to be the most beautiful woman of her generation, Sharon Tate remains a fascinating pop icon and a poster child for the 1960s. What struck most about Sharon was her gentle nature and the sheer perfection of her face, but she was far more than just a beauty. The few films she made during her brief career, including Valley of the Dolls, Eye of the Devil, and The Fearless Vampire Killers, have secured her position as a Hollywood legend. Over forty years since her last film, Sharon's spirit and charisma lives strong in the memories of those who knew her best, and her style continues to inspire the worlds of fashion, beauty, art, and film. Sharon Tate: Recollection is a one-of-a-kind celebration of Sharon's life and career, her influence as a fashion icon throughout the world, and in effect presents a sociological portrait of the 1960s -- its youth culture, the sexual revolution, the rise of independent cinema, and Hollywood's changing studio system. In this impressive photo book, Sharon Tate's story emerges through quotes and short essays -- recollections -- by her sister, Debra Tate, as well as by those who knew and have been influenced by her. What emerges from these pages is a stunning tribute to an unforgettable life. Highlights include: A foreword note by Sharon's husband Roman Polanski. An introduction and remembrances by Sharon's sister Debra Tate. Previously unseen childhood photos from the Tate family album. Original quotes and recollection essays written specially for this book by Jane Fonda, Kelly Osbourne, Bert Stern, Michelle Phillips, Patty Duke, Lee Grant, Elke Sommer, Joan Collins, Viva, Tony Scotti and Trina Turk. Retrospective quotes by Truman Capote, Diana Vreeland, Richard Avedon, Dominick Dunne, Warren Beatty, Mia Farrow, Orson Welles, Barbara Parkins, George Harrison, David Niven, Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner and Kirk Douglas. Rare and classic photographs by David Bailey, Milton Greene, Philippe Halsman, Shahrokh Hatami, Terry O'Neill, Peter Basch, John Engstead, Peter Brün, Neal Barr and Jean Jacques Bugat. Never-before-seen or published images of Sharon in the classic film Valley of the Dolls, digitally reproduced from their original negatives and transparencies specially for this book by the 20th Century Fox archive.

Recollections of West Hunan

Author : Shen Congwen
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476774943
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book Recollections of West Hunan written by Shen Congwen and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recollections of Western Hunan is a collection of the letters and essays of Chinese novelist Shen Congwen. Describing his childhood and life in Western Hunan between 1902 and 1937, this collection paints a vivid picture of both the idyllic beauty and turmoil of life in a province once known as the “bandit area,” a countryside shrouded in mystery, mysticism, and chaos.

Recollections of a Happy Life

Author : Marianne North
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Recollections of a Happy Life written by Marianne North and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Letters from the 442nd

Author : Minoru Masuda
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 0295800445
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (958 download)

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Download or read book Letters from the 442nd written by Minoru Masuda and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first collection of letters by a member of the legendary 442nd Combat Team, which served in Italy and France during World War II. Written to his wife by a medic serving with the segregated Japanese American unit, the letters describe a soldier's daily life. Minoru Masuda was born and raised in Seattle. In 1939 he earned a master's degree in pharmacology and married Hana Koriyama. Two years later the Japanese struck Pearl Harbor, and Min and Hana were imprisoned along with thousands of other Japanese Americans. When the Army recruited in the relocation camp, Masuda chose to serve in the 442nd. In April 1944 the unit was shipped overseas. They fought in Italy and in France, where they liberated Bruyeres and rescued a "lost battalion" that had been cut off by the Germans. After the German surrender on May 3, 1945, Masuda was among the last of the original volunteers to leave Europe; he arrived home on New Year's Eve 1945. Masuda's vivid and lively letters portray his surroundings, his daily activities, and the people he encountered. He describes Italian farmhouses, olive groves, and avenues of cypress trees; he writes of learning to play the ukulele with his "big, clumsy" fingers, and the nightly singing and bull sessions which continued throughout the war; he relates the plight of the Italians who scavenged the 442nd's garbage for food, and the mischief of French children who pelted the medics with snowballs. Excerpts from the 442nd daily medical log provide context for the letters, and Hana interposes brief recollections of her experiences. The letters are accompanied by snapshots, a drawing made in the field, and three maps drawn by Masuda.