American Prometheus the triumph and tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer /
J. Robert Oppenheimer is one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century, a 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 biography twenty-five years in the mak...
Main Author: | Bird, Kai, |
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Other Authors: | Sherwin, Martin J., |
Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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New York :
Vintage Books,
2006.
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Physical Description: |
xiii, 721 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
Edition: | First Vintage books edition. |
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