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...

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Main Author: Bird, Kai,
Other Authors: Sherwin, Martin J.,
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Vintage Books, 2006.
Physical Description: xiii, 721 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Edition: First Vintage books edition.
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