An extraordinary scientist whose legacy includes destruction and devastation, Robert Oppenheimer was a physicist, the Director of Los Alamos, a colleague to Enrico Fermi and Albert Einstein and a victim of McCarthy’s House of Un-American Activities Committee. Discover this complex man, his legacy and the other people whose decisions led to the creation of the […]
While people love to swap stories about the infamous teachers they didn’t like, of far more importance are the wonderful teachers whose lessons have stayed with us. This month Barnes & Noble is celebrating our hardworking, life-changing teachers with Educator Appreciation Days (April 12th-20th). We thought we’d kick it off with a few tales of our favorite […]
