Bird, Kai

Summary: J. Robert Oppenheimer is one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century, a physicist who led the effort to build the atomic bomb for his country in a time of war, and who later found himself confronting the moral consequences of scientific progress. In this biography twenty-five years in the making, Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin capture Oppenheimer's life and times, from his early career to...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 2005

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3 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 OPPENHEIMER, J. ROBERT BIR

Riddolls, Tom.

Summary: Sally Ride soared into outer space on the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1983, the youngest astronaut and the first U.S. woman in space. Just 32 years old that year, this California girl was already an accomplished astrophysicist when NASA chose her from over 8,000 applicants to join its team of astronauts. Since then, Sally Ride has spent over 343 hours in space.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Crabtree Pub. Co. 2011

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 RID

Weissman, Michaele

Summary: "When the author's Latvia-born husband, John, opens a company marketing rye bread, the author embarks on a European journey in search of John's origins, excavating poignant stories of war, privation, and resilience"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WEISSMAN, MICHAELE WEI

Conant, Jennet.

Summary: Wall Street legend Alfred Lee Loomis, who once owned Hilton Head Island, was devoted to his hobby of science experiments in his mansion. During World War II, Loomis played a key role in the development of radar and the atomic bomb.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2002

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Abawi, Atia

Summary: "As the first American woman in space, Sally Ride broke barriers and made her dreams come true. But she wanted to do even more! After leaving NASA, she created science and engineering programs that would help other girls and women make their dreams come true as well."

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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 RID

Dyson, Freeman J.

Summary: "Both recalling his life story and recounting many of the major advances in twentieth-century science, a renowned physicist shares his autobiography through letters. While recognizing that quantum mechanics "demands serious attention," Albert Einstein in 1926 admonished fellow physicist Max Born that the theory "does not bring us closer to the secrets of the Old One." Aware that "there are deep...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DYSON, FREEMAN DYS

Feynman, Richard Phillips.

Summary: One of the towering figures of twentieth-century science, Richard Feynman possessed a curiosity that was the stuff of legend. Even before he won the Nobel Prize in 1965, his unorthodox and spellbinding lectures on physics secured his reputation amongst students and seekers around the world. It was his outsized love for life, however, that earned him the status of an American cultural icon--here...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2005

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Finkbeiner, Ann K.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2006

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 509.2273 FIN

Montillo, Roseanne

Summary: "Explores the critical steps taken toward building a successful nuclear bomb and the female scientists who grappled with the destructive aftermath of their own creation, all while striving to be recognized for their work"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 920 MON

Stine, Megan.

Summary: Looks at the life and career of the physicist and NASA astronaut who became the first American woman in space in 1983.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2013

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Gleick, James.

Summary: A genius, a great mathematician once said, performs magic, does things that nobody else could do. To his scientific colleagues, Richard Feynman was a magician of the highest caliber. Architect of quantum theories, enfant terrible of the atomic bomb project, caustic critic of the space shuttle commission, Nobel Prize winner for work that gave physicists a new way of describing and calculating...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 1992

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Gell-Mann, Murray.

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Publisher / Publication Date: W.H. Freeman 1994

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Hiltzik, Michael A

Summary: "The birth of Big Science can be traced to Berkeley, California, nearly nine decades ago, when a resourceful young scientist with a talent for physics and an even greater talent for promotion pondered his new invention and declared, 'I'm going to be famous!' Ernest Orlando Lawrence's cyclotron would revolutionize nuclear physics, but that was only the beginning of its impact. It would change...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2015

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LAWRENCE, ERNEST HIL

Ottaviani, Jim.

Summary: "In this substantial graphic novel biography, First Second presents the larger-than-life exploits of Nobel-winning quantum physicist, adventurer, musician, world-class raconteur, and one of the greatest minds of the twentieth century: Richard Feynman. Written by nonfiction comics mainstay Jim Ottaviani and brilliantly illustrated by First Second author Leland Myrick, Feynman tells the story of...

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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2011

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Cassidy, David C.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Pi Press 2005

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Mlodinow, Leonard

Summary: For some, it was that special connection with a grandparent or a football coach, a boss, or a cleric. For a young physicist struggling to find his place in the world, the relationship that would most profoundly influence his life was with his mentor, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman. Shares Feynman's provocative answers to such questions as "What is the nature of...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 2003

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 530 MLO

Krauss, Lawrence Maxwell.

Summary: Traces the colorful, turbulent life of the Nobel Prize-winning physicist, from the death of his childhood sweetheart during the Manhattan Project to his rise as an icon in the scientific community.

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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2011

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 530 KRA

Schanzer, Rosalyn.

Summary: Focuses on Benjamin Franklin's role as an inventor of whimsical gadgets and practical contraptions, with an emphasis on his experiment of flying a kite during a rainstorm.

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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2003

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FRA