Reminiscences of Sidney Ratner : oral history, 1982.

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Reminiscences of Sidney Ratner : oral history, 1982.

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J. Robert Oppenheimer: role in development of atom bomb, attitudes toward hydrogen bomb and disarmament, concern with international dissemination of knowledge on nuclear energy, positions on national defense, directorship of Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton University, conflicts with colleagues, family life, influences, character strengths and weaknesses; Oppenheimer's relations with Jean Tatlock, Albert Einstein, George Kennan, Lewis Strauss, John von Neumann; directors of the Institute for Advanced Study after Oppenheimer; impressions of Carl Kaysan; politics within the Institute for Advanced Studies.

Transcript: 56 leaves.Tape: 1 reel.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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