American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
by Kai Bird (Author), Martin J. Sherwin (Author)
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Vintage Books, 2006. Reprint. Paperback. New. A new tightly bound softcover in printed wraps. 8vo. Clean text free of marks or underlining, b&w photo plates. Contains author's notes, bibliography and an index. 721 pp.
Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. THE INSPIRATION FOR THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE OPPENHEIMER - "A riveting account of one of history's most essential and paradoxical figures."--Christopher Nolan #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - PULITZER PRIZE WINNER - The definitive biography 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. "A masterful account of Oppenheimer's rise and fall, set in the context of the turbulent decades of America's own transformation. It is a tour de force." --Los Angeles Times Book Review "A work of voluminous scholarship and lucid insight, unifying its multifaceted portrait with a keen grasp of Oppenheimer's essential nature.... It succeeds in deeply fathoming his most damaging, self-contradictory behavior." --The New York Times.
Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. THE INSPIRATION FOR THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE OPPENHEIMER - "A riveting account of one of history's most essential and paradoxical figures."--Christopher Nolan #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - PULITZER PRIZE WINNER - The definitive biography 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. "A masterful account of Oppenheimer's rise and fall, set in the context of the turbulent decades of America's own transformation. It is a tour de force." --Los Angeles Times Book Review "A work of voluminous scholarship and lucid insight, unifying its multifaceted portrait with a keen grasp of Oppenheimer's essential nature.... It succeeds in deeply fathoming his most damaging, self-contradictory behavior." --The New York Times.
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- American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
- Author
- Kai Bird (Author), Martin J. Sherwin (Author)
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- New
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- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0375726268
- ISBN 13
- 9780375726262
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- Vintage Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- Trinity Test, Atomic Energy Agency, White Sands, Los Alamos, Dean Acheson, Hans Bethe, Red Scare, blacklisted, McCarthyism, security clearance, Neils Bohr, Bhagavad Gita, Cavendish Laboratory, Caltech, Berkley, Chevalier affair, hydrogen bomb, Freema
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