Inside the Centre: The Life of J. Robert Oppenheimer

by Ray Monk

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  Frank Oppenheimer, interviewed by Judith R. Goodstein (16 Nov. 1984)

  Milton S. Plesset, interviewed by Carol Bugé (8 Dec. 1981)

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