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American Prometheus : The Triumph And Tragedy Of J Robert Oppenheimer
Paperback Edition: 1
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.
Pages : 736
Publisher : Atlantic Books
Publication date : 2023-07-04
Subjects: Non-fiction, Humanities, Science And Technology, History, Physics, Nuclear Weapons, Atomic & Molecular Physics, Nuclear Physics