American Prometheus
The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
By Kai Bird & Martin J. Sherwin
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.
- ISBN:
- 9781843547051
- Format:
- Paperback / softback
- Pages:
- 736
- Published:
- Publisher:
- Atlantic Books
- Imprint:
- Atlantic Books
- Weight:
- 706 g