"Science and Common Sense" by J. Robert Oppenheimer – First Edition, Undated

"Science and Common Sense" text by J. Robert Oppenheimer Translated by Alberto Candeias First Edition, Undated Livros do Brasil – Lisbon LBL Encyclopedia Collection No. 1 168 Pages Julius Robert Oppenheimer (April 22, 1904 – February 18, 1967) was an American theoretical physicist and professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley. He is frequently referred to as the "father of the atomic bomb" for his role in the Manhattan Project—the World War II initiative that developed the first nuclear weapons. The first atomic bomb was detonated on July 16, 1945, during the Trinity test in New Mexico; Oppenheimer later remarked that this evoked words from the Bhagavad Gita: "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." After the war, he became chief advisor to the newly established United States Atomic Energy Commission and used this position to advocate for international control of nuclear energy, aiming to prevent nuclear proliferation and an arms race with the Soviet Union. After provoking the ire of numerous politicians with his candid views during the Second Red Scare, his security clearance was revoked in a highly publicized hearing in 1954. Though stripped of direct political influence, he continued delivering lectures, writing, and working in physics. A decade later, President John F. Kennedy awarded him (and Lyndon B. Johnson presented) the Enrico Fermi Award as a gesture of political rehabilitation. Oppenheimer’s notable achievements in physics include the Born–Oppenheimer approximation for molecular wave functions, work on the theory of electrons and positrons, the Oppenheimer–Phillips process in nuclear fusion, and the first prediction of quantum tunneling. Together with his students, he also made significant contributions to the modern theory of neutron stars and black holes, as well as to quantum mechanics, quantum field theory, and cosmic ray interactions. As a teacher and science promoter, he is remembered as one of the founders of the American school of theoretical physics, which rose to worldwide prominence in the 1930s. After World War II, he became director of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. OUT OF PRINT AT BOOKSTORES GOOD CONDITION – FREE SHIPPING