American Prometheus

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A portrait of scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, which discusses his role in the 20th-century scientific world, as well as his roles as family man and head of Princeton’s Institute for Advanced Studies.

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***THE INSPIRATION FOR CHRISTOPHER NOLAN’S FORTHCOMING NEW FILM OPPENHEIMER***WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR NONFICTION ‘Reads like a thriller, gripping and terrifying’ Sunday TimesPhysicist and polymath, as familiar with Hindu scriptures as he was with quantum mechanics, J. Robert Oppenheimer – director of the Manhattan Project that developed the atomic bomb – was the most famous scientist of his generation. In their meticulous and riveting biography, Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin reveal a brilliant, ambitious, complex and flawed man, profoundly involved with some of the momentous events of the twentieth century.

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Weight 0.627 kg
Dimensions 19.8 × 12.9 × 4.5 cm
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Paperback

Pages

736

Language

English

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Dewey

530.092 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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