- 1. Einstein and Nuclear Weapons
- Introduction
- Einstein and the Atomic Bomb
- After Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- Einstein on World Government
- Hydrogen Bombs
- Individual versus Collective Stands
- The Einstein–Russell Manifesto
- Epilogue
- 2. Einstein and the Founding of Brandeis University
- Introduction
- Israel Goldstein
- Rabbinic Connections
- The Harold Laski Episode
- Denouement
- Epilogue
- 3. J. Robert Oppenheimer: Proteus Unbound
- Introduction
- The Early Years
- Becoming a Physicist: Oppenheimer and His School
- Los Alamos
- The Postwar Years
- Hydrogen Bombs
- Epilogue
- 4. J. Robert Oppenheimer and American Pragmatism
- The Director’s Fund
- Philosophy
- Harvard Overseer
- The William James Lectures
- 5. Einstein, Oppenheimer, and the Extension of Physics
- Unification
- Einstein and Unification
- The MIT Centennial Celebration.
- A Bird’s-eye View of General Relativity, 1915–1960
- 6. Einstein, Oppenheimer, and the Meaning of Community
- The Einstein–Oppenheimer Interaction
- Eulogies and Memorial Speeches
- Roots and Tradition
- Philosophy
- Epilogue
- Some Concluding Remarks
- Appendix: The Russell–Einstein Manifesto
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Index


Einstein and Oppenheimer
The Meaning of Genius
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Publication Date: 03/30/2010