On Oppenheimer
An online tribute to J. Robert Oppenheimer created for the 2004 centennial of his birth.
Some of the key documents from Oppenheimer's 1954 AEC security hearing.
Oppenheimer remembers the Trinity test in this haunting clip from a television interview.
The Institute for Advanced Study, home of Oppenheimer, Einstein, and various other geniuses.
Doctor Atomic, the Metropolitan Opera of New York’s upcoming production of the John Adams/Peter Sellars opera on Oppenheimer. (Ironically, Oppenheimer himself actually hated opera, not to mention any kind of plays, movies, or other fictional depictions of himself.)
The website for American Prometheus, the definitive, Pulitzer-Prize winning Oppenheimer biography by Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin.
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On Other Matters...
My old website.
Now largely obsolete, but which still features some interesting pieces
of writing you won’t find elsewhere, along with a variety of cool links.
The National Association of Science Writers. The professional organization for science writers in the USA.The Philadelphia Area Science Writers Association, the Philly affiliate of NASW.
The official PASWA blog, run by the illustrious Greg Lester. Find out what cool science-type stuff is happening in the Philadelphia area.
Tom Purdom: SF author, music critic, Renaissance man, friend and colleague, and the most urbane and sophisticated gentleman you’ll ever meet.
Astronomy Picture of the Day. Every day, another view of the grandeur of our Universe.
Philcon, the oldest SF convention in the world (despite what anyone else might tell you), run by friends of mine. Usually where I can be found every year on the weekend before Thanksgiving.
The Penn Science Café lecture series, free and open to the
public, gives you a chance to hear, meet, and ask questions of top University of Pennsylvania
scientists.The Philly Geek Yahoo! Group -- Whether you’re into SF, film, music, comics, gaming, costuming, horror, or anything else geeky, this is the place to learn about cool and fun things happening in the Philadelphia area.
More to come, stay tuned...
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