• American Prometheus

    The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

    Kai Bird Martin J. Sherwin Atlantic Books SQU 9999903454847 Article 0,00 €
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    ***NOW A MAJOR HOLLYWOOD FILM DIRECTED BY CHRISTOPHER NOLAN*** 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...
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  • Details

    • Book binding : Paperback
    • Preservation state : 3. Good
    • Publication Date : 06/04/2026
    • Year of edition : 0
    • Authors : Kai Bird Martin J. Sherwin
    • Number of pages : 721


    ***NOW A MAJOR HOLLYWOOD FILM DIRECTED BY CHRISTOPHER NOLAN***
    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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