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Atomised: after giving America the bomb, Robert Oppenheimer became the target of a political witch-hunt in the 1950s. But did he engineer his own downfall?

Authors :
Cathcart, Brian
Source :
New Statesman. January 14, 2008, Vol. 137 Issue 4879, p54, 3 p.
Publication Year :
2008

Abstract

In Washington in the spring of 1954, the scientist Isidor Rabi gave evidence at the McCarthy-style security hearings on Robert Oppenheimer, by then world-famous as the father of the atomic […]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
13647431
Volume :
137
Issue :
4879
Database :
Gale General OneFile
Journal :
New Statesman
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
edsgcl.174065850