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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 623.451190973
EAN: 9780743250085
ISBN: 0743250087
Label: Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 448
Publication Date: May 02, 2006
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Studio: Simon & Schuster

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
In 1943, J. Robert Oppenheimer, the brilliant, charismatic head of the Manhattan Project, recruited scientists to live as virtual prisoners of the U.S. government at Los Alamos, a barren mesa thirty-five miles outside Santa Fe, New Mexico. Thousands of men, women, and children spent the war years sequestered in this top-secret military facility. They lied to friends and family about where they were going and what they were doing, and then disappeared into the desert. Through the eyes of a young Santa Fe widow who was one of Oppenheimer's first recruits, we see how, for all his flaws, he developed into an inspiring leader and motivated all those involved in the Los Alamos project to make a supreme effort and achieve the unthinkable.






Rating: - Oppenheimer and the amazing and mysterious city of Los Alamos
Nearly a classic, this book evokes the spirit of the amazing and mysterious city of Los Alamos as scientists and secretaries, immigrant Europeans and homegrown college graduates, Jews and Native Americans, soldiers and civilians, families and individuals, famous and unknown, came together and disappeared through the portal at 109 East Palace to create the atomic bombs that changed the world.

The most fascinating part of the story is the people, who are the focus of the book, and how ... Read More

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Rating: - A peek at the past
I read 109 East Palace for a public library adult discussion group here in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Several people who either currently work at Sandia Labs or are recently retired from there attended the discussion.
The group (27 in attendance) was very positive about this book and appreciated learning many of the details of daily life at Los Alamos during the development of the atomic bomb.
This is an easy read and chronicles a very important event in the World War II era. Whether ... Read More

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Rating: - 109 East Palace
An excellelnt accout of one of the most important projects of the last century. Since reading it, I visited Los Alamos and also Trinity Site. An inspiring piece of history.

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Rating: - Splendidly written
Jannet Conant has written a superbly beatiful account of the Manhattan Project. Her narrative skirts the main and readilly accessible history of the project itself and instead concentrates on the human side of this momentous effort. Her description of the places around the Los Alamos and of the people who played secondary, but nevertheless fascinating, roles in the making of the bomb is extremely engaging.

This book is as exquisitely crafted as her previous book Tuxedo Park. If you are ... Read More

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Rating: - Enjoyable book, different perspective
I like historical books on technical matters, and I found myself quite enjoying this book. Were I asked to describe this book, I'd say this book reads like a (long) conversation you might have, were you to sit on a park bench with someone who worked at Los Alamos during WW II... The book provides a glimpse into what life was like at the labs - you won't learn about the physics of the bomb, but you'll get highly personal views on the politics of that time. Were I to have a complaint about the book, it ... Read More

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