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The open mind;[lectures]

Collection Type

  • Books and periodicals

GUSN

GUSN-246636

Description

146 p. 21 cm., Contains the text of eight lectures given by Oppenheimer over a period from 1946 to 1954.

Details

Descriptive Terms

Nuclear energy.
Science.
Kernwapens.
Exacte wetenschappen.
Maatschappij.
Fâisica atãomica.
Fâisica nuclear.

Originator

Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967.

Contents

Atomic explosives -- Atomic energy as a contemporary problem -- The open mind -- Atomic weapons and American policy -- Physics in the contemporary world -- The encouragement of science -- The scientist in society -- Prospects in the arts and sciences.

Publication

New York, Simon and Schuster

Description

146 p. 21 cm.
Contains the text of eight lectures given by Oppenheimer over a period from 1946 to 1954.

Notes

Bequest of Ise Gropius

Call Number

GRO QC780.O6

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