Onomastico

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Prologue xiii
5. BOOK THE FIRST: EUROPE
6. 1. Descent 3
7. 2. Early Years 7
8. 3. Bachelor's Degrees in Amsterdam 15
9. 4. Of Music, Films, and Other Diversions 20
10. 5. First Contacts with Zionism 24
11. 6. Utrecht: M.Sc. and Ph.D. 31
12. 7. War 44
13. 8. Occupation of Holland 52
14. 9. Sho'ah 66
15. 10. Wartime Experiences of My Family and Me 88
16. 11. War's Aftermath: A Last Lesson in Dutch History 126
17. 12. My Final Months in Holland 136
18. 13. Getting to Know Niels Bohr 149
19. BOOK THE SECOND: AMERICA
20. 14. It Is Time to Speak of America 181
21. 15. The State of the Union 1946: The U.S., Princeton, and the Institute for Advanced Study 191
22. 16. Enter Einstein and Other Interesting New Acquaintances 200
23. 17. In Which Oppenheimer Becomes Director and I a Long-Term Member of the Institute 219
24. 18. Oppenheimer: Glimpses of a Complex Man 235
25. 19. My Career Unfolds 244
26. 20. About Unexpected New Physics, Old Friends, and a Grand Tour 265
27. 21. Of the Beginnings of Theoretical Particle Physics, Some Baseball History, and Two Long Summer Journeys 284
28. 22. Of Symmetry and My Longest Journey 302
29. 23. Greenwich Village, American Citizenship, and the Oppenheimer Affair 321
30. 24. Of My Best Work and a Year's Leave of Absence. Death of Einstein 333
31. 25. My First Trip to Russia and My First Marriage 349
32. 26. Enter Joshua. The 1950s, Concluded 358
33. 27. Times of Great Change: The Early 1960s 369
34. 28. Changing My Workplace from Princeton to New York 385
35. 29. What Befell Me in the Late 1960s 399
36. 30. The 1970s 408
37. 31. A Career Change 425
38. 32. My Final Years—So Far 446
39. 33. Approaching the Millennium 467
40. Notes and References 477
41. Onomastico 505