American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
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Physicist 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.
Author: Kai Bird
Format: Paperback, 736 pages, 129mm x 198mm, 706 g
Published: 2009, Atlantic Books, United Kingdom
Genre: Biography: Science, Technology & Medical
Description
Physicist 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.
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer