Frank Oppenheimer, the man who made science fun [review of 'Something Incredible Wonderful Happens: Frank Oppenheimer and the World He Made Up' (Gell-Man, M.; 2009)]

摘要

Sometimes a biographer can love her subject too much. In the case of a new biography of physicist Frank Oppenheimer, by the respected science writer K.C. Cole, it turns out to be mostly a good thing for all concerned. Something Incredibly Wonderful Happens tells the story, from the perspective of a longtime confidante, of the younger brother of the man who led the American effort to create the atomic bomb.