WHILE Robert Oppenheimer is forever linked to the atomic bomb, his younger brother Frank is less well known. Like Robert, he worked on the Manhattan project and was persecuted for suspected communist sympathies. Frank’s career eventually recovered – unlike his brother’s – and after a stint as a Colorado rancher he returned to academia and later founded the Exploratorium in San Francisco. He supervised the development of this unique interactive science museum from its conception in 1969 until his death in 1985.
K. C. Cole brings the quirky, cane-thumping scientist to life in this entertaining biography. His playful approach to science was…
