American Prometheus
American Prometheus PULITZER PRIZE WINNER - The definitive biography of J. This is biography and history at its finest, riveting and deeply informative. Robert Oppenheimer, one of the iconic figures…
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American Prometheus
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER - The definitive biography of J. This is biography and history at its finest, riveting and deeply informative. 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.
It is a tour de force." --Los Angeles Times Book Review "A work of voluminous scholarship and lucid insight, unifying its multifaceted portrait "A masterful account of Oppenheimer's rise and fall, set in the context of the turbulent decades of America's own transformation.