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Something Incredibly Wonderful Happens: Frank Oppenheimer and His Astonishing
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Specifiche dell'oggetto
- Condizione
- Publication Date
- 2012-08-15
- Pages
- 416
- ISBN
- 9780226113470
Informazioni su questo prodotto
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
0226113477
ISBN-13
9780226113470
eBay Product ID (ePID)
122601240
Product Key Features
Book Title
Something Incredibly Wonderful Happens : Frank Oppenheimer and His Astonishing Exploratorium
Number of Pages
416 Pages
Language
English
Topic
General, Physics / General, Science & Technology
Publication Year
2012
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Science, Education, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
20.9 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
Something incredibly wonderful will happen when you open this book. You'll come face to face with a man who had an uncanny knack for making the wonders of nature available to the rest of us, and you'll get to look inside his extraordinary mind, which itself was one of the wonders of nature. As always, K. C. Cole delivers science to us as a thrilling ride, a deeply human story, and a gallery of unimaginable beauty., Like one of Oppenheimer's science classes or a visit to the Exploratorium, this joyful and loving portrait has the potential to change minds and make explorers of us all., By shunning a traditional biographical tapestry, Cole successfully, and at times movingly, limits her focus to Frank's infectious passion for science.
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
530.092
Table Of Content
Foreword by Murray Gell-Mann Part I: The World He Came Into 1. Palace Delights 2. A Little Royal Family 3. The Uncle of the Atom Bomb 4. Un-American 5. Exile 6. An Intellectual Desert--and a Library of Experiments Part II: The World He Made Up 7. A Museum Dedicated to Awareness 8. A Decent Respect for Taste 9. The Man with the Gold-Rimmed Glasses 10.The Sentimental Fruits of Science 11.The Anarch 12.The World He Made Up Coda: Living a Fruitful Life Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
Synopsis
How do we reclaim our innate enchantment with the world? And how can we turn our natural curiosity into a deep, abiding love for knowledge? Frank Oppenheimer, the younger brother of the physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, was captivated by these questions, and used his own intellectual inquisitiveness to found the Exploratorium, a powerfully influential museum of human awareness in San Francisco, that encourages play, creativity, and discovery--all in the name of understanding. In this elegant biography, K. C. Cole investigates the man behind the museum with sharp insight and deep sympathy. The Oppenheimers were a family with great wealth and education, and Frank, like his older brother, pursued a career in physics. But while Robert was unceasingly ambitious, and eventually came to be known for his work on the atomic bomb, Frank's path as a scientist was much less conventional. His brief fling with the Communist Party cost him his position at the University of Minnesota, and he subsequently spent a decade ranching in Colorado before returning to teaching. Once back in the lab, however, Frank found himself moved to create something to make the world meaningful after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He was inspired by European science museums , and he developed a dream of teaching Americans about science through participatory museums. Thus was born the magical world of the Exploratorium, forever revolutionizing not only the way we experience museums, but also science education for years to come. Cole has brought this charismatic and dynamic figure to life with vibrant prose and rich insight into Oppenheimer as both a scientist and an individual., How do we reclaim our innate enchantment with the world? And how can we turn our natural curiosity into a deep, abiding love for knowledge? Frank Oppenheimer, the younger brother of the physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, was captivated by these questions, and used his own intellectual inquisitiveness to found the Exploratorium, a powerfully influential museum of human awareness in San Francisco, that encourages play, creativity, and discovery all in the name of understanding.In this elegant biography, K. C. Cole investigates the man behind the museum with sharp insight and deep sympathy. The Oppenheimers were a family with great wealth and education, and Frank, like his older brother, pursued a career in physics. But while Robert was unceasingly ambitious, and eventually came to be known for his work on the atomic bomb, Frank s path as a scientist was much less conventional. His brief fling with the Communist Party cost him his position at the University of Minnesota, and he subsequently spent a decade ranching in Colorado before returning to teaching. Once back in the lab, however, Frank found himself moved to create something to make the world meaningful after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He was inspired by European science museums," " and he developed a dream of teaching Americans about science through participatory museums. Thus was born the magical world of the Exploratorium, forever revolutionizing not only the way we experience museums, but also science education for years to come.Cole has brought this charismatic and dynamic figure to life with vibrant prose and rich insight into Oppenheimer as both a scientist and an individual."
LC Classification Number
QC16.0618C65 2012
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