In the shadow of the bomb: Robert Oppenheimer and Niels Bohr.
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Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967
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J. Robert Oppenheimer: Physicist (quantum theory and nuclear physics). On the physics faculty at California Institute of Technology and University of California, Berkeley in theoretical physics, 1929-1947; director of Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, 1943-1945; chairman of the General Advisory Committee of the Atomic Energy Commission, 1946-1952; director of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, 1947-1966....
Bohr, Niels, 1885-1962
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Niels Bohr was a Danish physicist who made tremendous contributions to his field, transforming accepted notions of atomic structure, helping to develop nuclear fission, and advocating for international cooperation in crafting responsible nuclear policy. Bohr was born in Copenhagen in 1885 into a family that encouraged his academic pursuits. Christian Bohr, his father, was professor of physiology at the University of Copenhagen. Bohr credited his father for awakening hi...
Hawkins, David, 1913-2002
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David Hawkins (1913-2002) grew up in New Mexico and went to Stanford University where he migrated from chemistry to physics to philosophy as an undergraduate before receiving a B.A. and M.A. in 1934 and 1936. While at Stanford, he met Frances Pockman. They married in 1937. At the University of California, Berkeley, as a Ph. D. graduate student in philosophy in 1940 and then an instructor in philosophy, Hawkins had friends among the students of J. Robert Oppenheimer. Through those students, he me...
