01887cam a2200301 i 4500 369691943 TxAuBib 20190319120000.0 060403s2005||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u oc2007036582 9780743250085 17.99 0743250087 17.99 eng rda TxAuBib rda Conant, Jennet. 109 East Palace [BOOK] : Robert Oppenheimer and the secret city of Los Alamos / Jennet Conant. New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2005. xx, 424 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. n 1943, J. Robert Oppenheimer, the brilliant, charismatic head of the Manhattan Project, recruited scientists to live as virtual prisoners of the U.S. government at Los Alamos, a barren mesa thirty-five miles outside Santa Fe, New Mexico. Thousands of men, women, and children spent the war years sequestered in this top-secret military facility. They lied to friends and family about where they were going and what they were doing, and then disappeared into the desert. Through the eyes of a young Santa Fe widow who was one of Oppenheimer's first recruits, we see how, for all his flaws, he developed into an inspiring leader and motivated all those involved in the Los Alamos project to make a supreme effort and achieve the unthinkable. Provided by publisher. 20190319. Oppenheimer, J. Robert (Julius Robert) 1904-1967. Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory. Manhattan Project (U.S.) Atomic bomb United States History.