American Prometheus [electronic resource] : The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Bird, Kai2021
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***THE INSPIRATION FOR CHRISTOPHER NOLAN'S NEW FILM OPPENHEIMER***
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR NONFICTION
'Reads like a thriller, gripping and terrifying' Sunday Times 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.
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Bird, Kai, AuthorSherwin, Martin J., Author
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[Place of publication not identified] : Atlantic Books, 2021
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1 online resource (1 text file)
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Mode of access: Internet
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9781838957193
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English
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3751032
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