Matter Transcript Hearing by Robert Oppenheimer (7 results)

Condition: acceptable. The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.

paperback. Condition: Good. Good. Used with wear but is still in solid reading condition. Creasing to spine. Edgewear and light creases to covers. Scuffs and soiling to text block. NO markings to text. Pasadena's finest new and used bookstore since 1992.

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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Unabridged reprint of transcripts originally published in 1954 by the Government Printing Office in Washington D.C. Forward by Philip M. Stern. Includes index. Minor wear to covers, mostly along edges. Discreet previous owner's name on opening page. No other marks to inside pages. No reading crease to spine. Not ex-library. Not a remainder. Binding is firm. 1084 pages. s186.

Foreword by Philip M. Stern. Pp. xiv+1084, indices; med. 8vo; brown cloth, spine lettered in black; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, partial remains of small sticker on upper free endpaper, edges of leaves lightly foxed; The MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1971. *From April 12 until May 6 1954, the United States Atomic Energy Commission investigated the background, actions and associations of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American scientist often described as 'the father of the atomic bomb'. As a result of the hearing, Oppenheimer's 'Q' security clearance was revoked, effectively ending his role in government and policy.

First edition of the 1954 security hearing held by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission that revoked the clearance of the 'father of the atomic bomb', Robert Oppenheimer. Over four weeks, it investigated his loyalty, past left-wing associations, and opposition to the hydrogen bomb, marking a peak of Cold War-era anti-communist McCarthyism. These proceedings form the basis for the climax of Christopher Nolan's 2023 biographical portrayal of Oppenheimer's life, starring Cillian Murphy. This first edition is scarce in commerce and a fragile production. DESCRIPTION: Thick paper wrappers, printed in black, a little frayed to extremities and lightly stained. The text opens with the title page followed by pp 994. A persistent watermark runs across the top of the leaves through the book. A good copy. Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.

Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office. 1954. 8vo. Contemporary red cloth, lettered in gilt to spine; pp. [2], 993, [1 (blank)]; spine sunned, pushing to spine ends, a little toning to edges of textblock; previous owner's name ('Ronald N. Lev?') in blue biro to front free endpaper; very good.First edition of the transcript of the hearing of J. Robert Oppenheimer, held at the height of McCarthyism and resulting in the removal of his security clearance over his alleged Communist sympathies.Since the 1940s, Oppenheimer, often called 'the father of the atomic bomb', had been under surveillance: the FBI bugged his phone, and government informers inside the Communist Party suggested that he had ties to the organisation. In 1949, the House Un-American Activities Committee ruled that he had associations with the Party, revoking his security clearance as a result. Despite his political leanings, and his grave doubts about the H-Bomb, there was no evidence he was a spy, and the allegations arose only from the paranoid (and self-protective) testimony of his colleagues such as Edward Teller. In 2022, the revocation of his security clearance was posthumously reversed, and in 2023 Christopher Nolan released the film Oppenheimer based upon the events detailed in the transcript.