J. Robert Oppenheimer 'shatterer of Worlds'
by Goodchild, Peter
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0563177810
- ISBN 13
- 9780563177814
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
London: BBC, 1980. Hardcover. 1st edition. 301pp. Oblong octavo. Black pictorial dust-jacket with red and silver lettering. Red cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. Trimmed edges. Previous owner's signature on front free endpaper. B/W photographs throughout text. Photo credits and index at rear. Cloth and jacket well preserved. Text internally clean. A very good condition copy of this 1980 biography. A portrait of Julius Robert Oppenheimer known as the "father of the atom bomb". 1980
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aquila Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 126885
- Title
- J. Robert Oppenheimer 'shatterer of Worlds'
- Author
- Goodchild, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0563177810
- ISBN 13
- 9780563177814
- Publisher
- BBC
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- Atom Bomb|Nuclear Weapons|Oppenheimer
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sciences;
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