Oppenheimer's Reading List (16 books)

In 1963, Oppenheimer was asked by the Christian Century magazine what books shaped his "vocational attitude" and his "philosophy on life". Here is Oppenheimer's (unranked) list.
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1	Faraday's Diary of Experimental Investigation - 2nd edition, Vol. 1 by Michael Faraday it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Theaetetus by Plato 4.11 avg rating — 6,530 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Collected Works of Bernhard Riemann (Dover Books on Mathematics) by Bernhard Riemann 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Sentimental Education by Gustave Flaubert 3.81 avg rating — 24,721 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Bhartrihari's Satakatrayam: With the Oldest Commentary of Jain Scholar Dhanasaragani With Principal Variants from Many Manuscripts, Etc (Singhi Jain Series, 29) (English and Hindi Edition) by Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The Bhagavad Gita by Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa 4.19 avg rating — 81,455 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso by Dante Alighieri 4.09 avg rating — 171,928 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	T S Eliot - Waste Land And Other Poems by R. Tilak 4.23 avg rating — 195 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Les Fleurs du Mal by Charles Baudelaire 4.19 avg rating — 80,300 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Hamlet by William Shakespeare 4.03 avg rating — 1,048,083 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Faraday's Diary of Experimental Investigation - 2nd edition, Vol. 2 by Michael Faraday 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Faraday's Diary of Experimental Investigation - 2nd edition, Vol. 3 by Michael Faraday 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Faraday's Diary of Experimental Investigation - 2nd edition, Vol. 4 by Michael Faraday 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Faraday's Diary of Experimental Investigation - 2nd Edition, Vol. 5 by Michael Faraday 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Faraday's Diary of Experimental Investigation - 2nd edition, Vol. 6 by Michael Faraday 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Faraday's Diary of Experimental Investigation - 2nd edition, Vol. 7 by Michael Faraday 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars