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Updated July 27, 2023
Southeastern Ohio Regional Library
Chillicothe & Ross County Public Library
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Barbie : four decades of fashion, fantasy, and fun
Tosa, Marco
Paper Book
The Barbie phenomenon is documented by a doll expert who covers in detail her history, her many incarnations, her connection with famous starlets and designers, and her forthcoming, more anatomically correct shape.
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Barbie : the icon
Capella, Massimiliano
Paper Book
In this gorgeous compendium, which includes a ribbon marker and acetate jacket, we see the evolution of Barbie interspersed with historically and culturally significant world events, such as the first woman astronaut entering space in 1963, or the first woman running for president in 1984. Over time...
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J. Robert Oppenheimer and the American century
Cassidy, David C.
Paper Book
David Cassidy has done it again. Employing the insight and skill that made his Heisenberg biography so widely read and honored, Cassidy s new book breaks new ground, by explaining Oppenheimer s rise and fall as an important part of the social, cultural, and political turmoil of America s twentieth...
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The story of Barbie and the woman who created her
Eagan, Cindy
Paper Book
A beautifully illustrated picture book about Barbie--the most famous doll in the world--and her visionary creator, Ruth Handler. After noticing how her daughter played with "grown-up" paper dolls, Ruth Handler wanted to create a doll that would inspire little girls to use their huge...
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Oppenheimer : portrait of an enigma
Bernstein, Jeremy
Paper Book
J. Robert Oppenheimer was a puzzle to everyone. The nuclear physicist most responsible for the creation of the atomic bomb, he was a genius both scientifically and otherwise. His standards were impossibly high. He read widely in many languages, wrote poetry, and did superb science. Yet in Jeremy...
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Barbie all dolled up : celebrating 50 years of Barbie
D'Amato, Jennie
Paper Book
Barbie(tm) All Dolled Up is a dazzling celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of Barbie(tm) doll. Fully illustrated and featuring three-dimensional replicas of rare memorabilia, this unprecedented book truly brings Barbie to life in full-color, and fabulous style. With the full support...
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American Prometheus [the triumph and tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer]
Bird, Kai.
CD
The inspiration for the major motion picture Oppenheimer, this is the definitive biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, a brilliant physicist who led the effort to build the atomic bomb for his country in a time of war and who later found himself confronting the moral consequences of scientific...
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In the shadow of the bomb : Bethe, Oppenheimer, and the moral responsibility of the scientist
Schweber, S. S.
Paper Book
In the Shadow of the Bomb narrates how two charismatic, exceptionally talented physicists--J. Robert Oppenheimer and Hans A. Bethe--came to terms with the nuclear weapons they helped to create. In 1945, the United States dropped the bomb, and physicists were forced to contemplate...
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109 East Palace : Robert Oppenheimer and the secret city of Los Alamos
Conant, Jennet.
Paper Book
In 1943, Robert Oppenheimer, the brilliant, charismatic head of the Manhattan Project, recruited scientists to live as virtual prisoners of the U.S. government on a barren mesa thirty-five miles outside Santa Fe, New Mexico. Los Alamos was a secret city, a primitive barbed-wire-enclosed encampment...
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Brotherhood of the bomb : the tangled lives and loyalties of Robert Oppenheimer, Ernest Lawrence, and Edward Teller
Herken, Gregg
Paper Book
The fascinating story of the men who founded the nuclear age, fully told for the first time The story of the twentieth century is largely the story of the power of science and technology. Within that story is the incredible tale of the human conflict between Robert Oppenheimer, Ernest Lawrence, and...
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Einstein and Oppenheimer : the meaning of genius
Schweber, S. S.
Paper Book
Einstein and Oppenheimer belonged to different generations, with the boundary marked by the advent of quantum mechanics. By exploring how these men differed in their worldview, work, and in their lives, this book provides insight into some key areas of 20th-century science.
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Trinity : a graphic history of the first atomic bomb
Fetter-Vorm, Jonathan
Paper Book
Trinity, the debut graphic book by the gifted illustrator Jonathan Fetter-Vorm, depicts in vivid detail the dramatic history of the race to build and the decision to drop the first atomic bomb. This sweeping historical narrative traces the spark of invention from the laboratories of...
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The Barbie chronicles : a living doll turns 40
McDonough, Yona Zeldis.
Paper Book
A fascinating and poignant collection of twenty essays and five poems exploring Barbie's forty years of hateful, lovely, disastrous, glorious influence on us all from award-winning authors such as Jane Smiley, Meg Wolitzer, and Carol Shields. To some she's a collectible, to...
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The making of the atomic bomb
Rhodes, Richard
Paper Book
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The Manhattan Project : big science and the atom bomb
Hughes, Jeff
Paper Book
Launched in 1942, the Manhattan Project was a well-funded, secret effort by the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada to develop an atomic bomb before the Nazis. The results--the bombs named "Little Boy" and "Fat Man"--were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August of 1945. A...
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American Prometheus : the triumph and tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Bird, Kai.
Paper Book
THE INSPIRATION FOR THE ACADEMY AWARD®-WINNING MAJOR MOTION PICTURE OPPENHEIMER * "A riveting account of one of history's most essential and paradoxical figures."--Christopher Nolan #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * PULITZER PRIZE WINNER * The definitive biography of J....
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