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J. Robert Oppenheimer

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Name: J. Robert Oppenheimer

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

The Moral Vacuity of High SAT Scores

Driving with my father through Chevy Chase, MD when I was young, I once asked him, What do people in a country club do? My Dad, never having been a member, evoked F. Scott Fitzgerald in The Great Gatsby. From what Im told, they play polo and are "rich ... [Published The Nation - May 15 2013]

Entities: Vacuum, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Murrays, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Albert Einstein

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

Exploratorium

Inspiring Science With Frozen Roadkill and Harvested Whale Bones

By: Spencer MichelsSpencer Michels interviewed Dan Sudran from San Francisco's Mission Science Workshop, who uses unlikely objects in an unlikely place to inspire kids about science.When San Francisco's newly constructed Exploratorium opened this spring ... [Published PBS - May 07 2013]

Entities: Exploratorium, SPENCER MICHELS, San Francisco (United States), Frank Oppenheimer, J. Robert Oppenheimer

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

Computers Know More About You Than You Think

On July 16th, 1945, when the world’s first nuclear explosion shook the plains of New Mexico, J. Robert Oppenheimer , it’s creator, quoted from the Bhagavad Gita , “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.”And indeed he had. The world was never ... [Published Business Insider - May 06 2013]

Entities: Mattersight Corp, Call Center, DNA

First reported May 05 2013 - Updated May 05 2013 - 1 reports

The myths of Hiroshima - Los Angeles Times

,an atomic bomb was dropped without warning on the center of the Japanese city of Hiroshima. One hundred and forty thousand people were killed, more than 95% of them women and children and other noncombatants. At least half of the victims died of radiation ... [Published Newsvine - May 05 2013]

Entities: Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Bombing

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

Los Alamos: National security, broad array of work, excellence

The occasional neighborhood forest fire is one difference between Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and its offspring, Sandia National Laboratories, which was born in 1945 as LANL's Z Division. A rich literature is another.One book that makes my list ... [Published Farmington New Mexico Daily Times - May 02 2013]

Entities: Los Alamos National Laboratory, National Security, Richard Rhodes

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Dessert Glass Formed by Ancient Atomic Bombs?

Libyan Desert Glass, gem quality piece with very rare and interesting dark inclusions, 19.5 g (www.marmet-meteorites.com/id37.html)You may also likeMore in Beyond Science“Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.” —The Bhagavad GitaSeven years after ... [Published Epoch Times - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Alamogordo (United States), Meteorite, White Sands (United States), Bhagavad Gita

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Seven Directions Custom Tours Announces New Tour “From and To Space”...

Seven Directions Tours offers a new 9 night guided experience to explore some of the most intriguing places in New Mexico where for centuries people have explored and used the space in many different and at times unexpected ways. Symbols of the Ancients ... [Published PRWeb - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Harry Gold, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Black Holes

First reported Apr 26 2013 - Updated Apr 26 2013 - 1 reports

Rogoff and Reinhart should show some remorse and reconsider austerity | Heidi Moore

It's disingenuous to claim their error is just an 'academic kerfuffle'. Reinhart and Rogoff sold debt-cutting to governments hard Who's hurt the American economy most? The line-up features greedy bankers, lazy lawmakers, anxious executives and two ... [Published Comment is free | guardian.co.uk - Apr 26 2013]

Entities: Kenneth Rogoff, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Recession, Johnny Isakson

First reported Apr 22 2013 - Updated Apr 22 2013 - 1 reports

J Robert Oppenheimer is born, April 22, 1904

Robert Oppenheimer was an American theoretical physicist whose name has become almost synonymous with the atomic bomb for his role in the Manhattan Project, the World War II project that developed the first nuclear weapons. Oppenheimer is also seen as ... [Published EDN.com - Apr 22 2013]

Entities: Robert Oppenheimer, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Manhattan Project, Neutron, Albert Einstein

First reported Jan 16 2013 - Updated Jan 16 2013 - 1 reports

Best Science Books 2012: The Guardian [Confessions of a Science Librarian]

Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure. Every year for the last bunch of years I’ve been linking to and posting about all the “year’s best sciencey books” lists that appear in various media outlets and shining ... [Published ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed - Jan 16 2013]

Entities: Pandemic, Frances Ashcroft, Sean M. Carroll

First reported Jan 15 2013 - Updated Jan 15 2013 - 1 reports

Best Science Books 2012: ScienceGeek / Shabbeer Hassan [Confessions of a Science Librarian]

Entities: Patricia Churchland, Sebastian Seung, Ray Monk, J. Robert Oppenheimer

First reported Jan 02 2013 - Updated Jan 02 2013 - 1 reports

Oh God, What Have We Done?

Jackson Lears reviews Ray Monk's Inside the Centre: The Life of J. Robert Oppenheimer in the LRB: J. Robert Oppenheimer, the physicist in charge of the Manhattan Project and hence ‘father of the atomic bomb’, was never openly remorseful. But he ... [Published 3quarksdaily - Jan 02 2013]

Entities: Ray Monk, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Enrico Fermi, Insider, Bhagavad Gita

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The Man With the Bomb [Published Daily Beast - May 19 2013]
The Moral Vacuity of High SAT Scores [Published The Nation - May 15 2013]
Nivek Ogre Is Totally Doomed [Published Vice Magazine US - May 14 2013]
Inspiring Science With Frozen Roadkill and Harv... [Published PBS - May 07 2013]
Computers Know More About You Than You Think [Published Business Insider - May 06 2013]
Britain's Most High-Profile Columnist, Broadcas... [Published FinanzNachrichten.de - May 05 2013]
The myths of Hiroshima - Los Angeles Times [Published Newsvine - May 05 2013]
Obituary: Philip M. Stehle / Pitt physics prof ... [Published Individual.com - May 05 2013]
Fusion Scientists See Progress as Obama Shows N... [Published BusinessWeek - May 03 2013]
Reflections on a nuclear mission [Published Harvard Gazette - May 02 2013]
Los Alamos: National security, broad array of w... [Published Farmington New Mexico Daily Times - May 02 2013]
Greg Mitchell: Ayn Rand in Hollywood--and Her G... [Published Huffington Post - May 01 2013]
Dessert Glass Formed by Ancient Atomic Bombs? [Published Epoch Times - Apr 30 2013]
Seven Directions Custom Tours Announces New Tou... [Published PRWeb - Apr 30 2013]
Rogoff and Reinhart should show some remorse an... [Published Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - Apr 26 2013]
J Robert Oppenheimer is born, April 22, 1904 [Published EDN.com - Apr 22 2013]
THE RUNDOWN. Monday 4/22/13 on The Billings Mor... [Published Newsradio 95 FM - Apr 22 2013]
Former director, physicist Edward Frieman, 1926... [Published UC Newswire - Apr 18 2013]
San Francisco’s New Exploratorium: A Bigger, Be... [Published Time - Apr 17 2013]
Edward A. Frieman, Former Scripps Institution D... [Published La Jolla Patch - Apr 15 2013]
Obituary Notice: Former Scripps Director, Promi... [Published Elp.com - Apr 14 2013]
The Process of Education, 1960 [Published Harvard University Press Publicity Blog - Mar 04 2013]
Shruti and Smriti: Some Issues in the Re-emerge... [Published IntelliBriefs - Feb 17 2013]
Best Science Books 2012: The Guardian [Confessi... [Published ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed - Jan 16 2013]
Best Science Books 2012: ScienceGeek / Shabbeer... [Published ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed - Jan 15 2013]
Oh God, What Have We Done? [Published 3quarksdaily - Jan 02 2013]
Gravity Modification – New Tools [Published Lifeboat News The Blog - Dec 30 2012]
Memoirs and Biographies [Published Calcutta Telegraph - Dec 28 2012]
New TV leads lackluster fall [Published Argus Leader - Sep 09 2012]
Correction: An Anomalous Rise in Public Knowledge [Published Secrecy News - Jan 26 2009]

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Rogoff and Reinhart should show some remorse an... [Published Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - Apr 26 2013] It's disingenuous to claim their error is just an 'academic kerfuffle'. Reinhart and Rogoff sold debt-cutting to governments hard Who's hurt the American economy most? The line-up features greedy bankers, lazy lawmakers, anxious executives and two ...
The Process of Education, 1960 [Published Harvard University Press Publicity Blog - Mar 04 2013] Throughout our centennial year of 2013, we’ll be reflecting on the 100 significant titles we’ve chosen to represent our first 100 years. In the post below, HUP Executive Editor-at-Large Elizabeth Knoll looks back on the 1960 publication of Jerome Bruner’s ...
Shruti and Smriti: Some Issues in the Re-emerge... [Published IntelliBriefs - Feb 17 2013] http://idsa.in/issuebrief/ShrutiandSmriti_PKGautam_120213P.K. GautamFebruary 12, 2013“By its official designation, the Gita is called Upanishad, since it derives its main inspiration from the remarkable group of scriptures, the Upanishad.” – The Bhagavadgita.1In ...
Best Science Books 2012: The Guardian [Confessi... [Published ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed - Jan 16 2013] Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure. Every year for the last bunch of years I’ve been linking to and posting about all the “year’s best sciencey books” lists that appear in various media outlets and shining ...
Best Science Books 2012: ScienceGeek / Shabbeer... [Published ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed - Jan 15 2013] Another list for your reading, gift-giving and collection development pleasure. Every year for the last bunch of years I’ve been linking to and posting about all the “year’s best sciencey books” lists that appear in various media outlets and shining ...