Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin

American Prometheus : The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR NONFICTION
 
 
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 themost famous scientist of his generation. In their meticulous and riveting biography, Kai Bird andMartin J. Sherwin reveal a brilliant, ambitious, complex and flawed man, profoundlyinvolved with some of the momentous events of the twentieth century.
 
Author: Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin
 
Paperback Published 4 July 2023 736 pages

'Reads like a thriller, gripping and terrifying' - Sunday Times

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