American Prometheus, the triumph and tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin
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American Prometheus, the triumph and tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
resource.biographical
individual biography
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illustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
American Prometheus
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bibliography
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457600
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Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin
Sub title
the triumph and tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Summary
"The definitive biography" ( Newsweek ) of J. Robert Oppenheimer, one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century, a brilliant physicist who led the effort to build the atomic bomb for his country in a time of war, and who later found himself confronting the moral consequences of scientific progress. In this magisterial, acclaimed biography twenty-five years in the making, Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin capture Oppenheimer's life and times, from his early career to his central role in the Cold War. This is biography and history at its finest, riveting and deeply informative
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