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Preface ix
Introduction 1
1 Albert Einstein and Nuclear Weapons 33
Einstein and the Atomic Bomb 42
After Hiroshima and Nagasaki 62
Einstein on World Government 74
Hydrogen Bombs 81
Individual versus Collective Stands 87
The Einstein-Russell Manifesto 91
Epilogue 96
2 Albert Einstein and the Founding of Brandeis University lot 101
Israel Goldstein 106
Rabbinic Connections 109
The Harold Laski Episode 118
Denouement 122
Epilogue 133
3 J. Robert Oppenheimer: Proteus Unbound 136
The Early Years 138
Becoming a Physicist: Oppenheimer and His School 144
Los Alamos 156
The Postwar Years 165
Hydrogen Bombs 177
Epilogue 188
4 J. Robert Oppenheimer and American Pragmatism 195
The Director's Fund 204
Philosophy 212
Harvard Overseer 216
The William James Lectures 223
Epilogue 238
5 Einstein, Oppenheimer, and the Extension of Physics 239
Unification 239
Einstein and Unification 243
The MIT Centennial Celebration 246
A Bird's-Eye View of General Relativity, 1915-1960 255
Epilogue 262
6 Einstein, Oppenheimer, and the Meaning of Community 265
The Einstein-Oppenheimer Interaction 265
Eulogies and Memorial Speeches 275
Roots and Tradition 282
Philosophy 299
Epilogue 304
Some Concluding Remarks 309
Appendix: The Russell-Einstein Manifesto 317
Notes 321
Bibliography 379
Acknowledgments 401
Index 405
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