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American Prometheus - The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

By: Vintage Books

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Historical & Reference Books (Vintage Books)

Last Stocked on 12/11/2018

Product Info

Title
American Prometheus - The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Publisher
Category
Author
Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin
Publish Year
2007
Pages
726
Dimensions
6.5x9x1.5"
NKG Part #
2147571512
Type
Softcover

Description

J. Robert Oppenheimer is 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 his magisterial, acclaimed biography twenty-five year 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.