Something incredibly wonderful happens: an intimate biography of Frank Oppenheimer

432 Pages·2009·49.765 MB·English

by  K. C. Cole

something incredibly wonderful happens
Frank Oppenheimer and the World He Made Up
K. C. Cole
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Something Incredibly Wonderful Happens

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Something Incredibly Wonderful Happens:
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SOMETHING INCREDIBLY
FRANK OPPENHEIMER AND
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WONDERFUL HAPPENS
THE WORLD HE MADE UP
K.C.Cole
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HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT
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2009
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Cole,K.C.
Somethingincrediblywonderfulhappens:FrankOppenheimerandthe
worldhemadeup/K.C. Cole.
p. cm.
Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.
ISBN978-0-15-100822-3
1.Oppenheimer, Frank, 1912-1985. z. Physicists—United States—Biography.
I.Title.
QC16.0618C65 2009
530.092—dc22 [b] 2008052954
Book design byBrianMoore
Printed intheUnited States ofAmerica
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