Defying the odds / Cynthia C. Kelly
ch. 1. Introdcuing Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer reconsidered / Jeff Bingaman
Robert Oppenheimer : king of the hill / Richard Rhodes
A novel idea of Oppenheimer / Joseph Kanon
ch. 2. Life at Los Alamos
Preservation on the Pajarito Plateau / Stuart Ashman
J. Robert Oppenheimer and the state of New Mexico : a reciprocal relationship / Ferenc Szasz
Robert Oppenheimer : a window on his life at Los Alamos / Kai Bird, Martin Sherwin
ch. 3. Oppenheimer's place in history
Standing on the shoulders of giants / Everet Beckner
The cautionary tale of Robert Oppenheimer / Gregg Herken
The early years of Robert Oppenheimer / Jon Hunner
General Groves' indispensable scientist / Robert S. Norris
ch 4. Personal reflections on Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer as a teacher of physics and Ph. D. advisor / Edward Gerjouy
Remembering Opje : teacher, scientist and friend / David Pines
J. Robert Oppenheimer : consummate physicist / Maurice M. Shapiro
A few words from an Oppenheimer / Andrew R. Oppenheimer
Appendix 1 : Agenda for Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project
Appendix 2 : Contributiors
