American Prometheus (Pulitzer Prize Winner) by Kai Bird

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American Prometheus (Pulitzer Prize Winner) by Kai Bird

THE INSPIRATION FOR THE ACADEMY AWARD®-WINNING MAJOR MOTION PICTURE OPPENHEIMER * "A riveting account of one of history's most essential and paradoxical figures."--Christopher Nolan

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * PULITZER PRIZE WINNER * The definitive biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century, a brilliant physicist who led the effort to build the atomic bomb for his country in a time of war, and who later found himself confronting the moral consequences of scientific progress.

A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Century

In this magisterial, acclaimed biography twenty-five years in the making, Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin capture Oppenheimer's life and times, from his early career to his central role in the Cold War. This is biography and history at its finest, riveting and deeply informative.

"A masterful account of Oppenheimer's rise and fall, set in the context of the turbulent decades of America's own transformation. It is a tour de force." --Los Angeles Times Book Review

"A work of voluminous scholarship and lucid insight, unifying its multifaceted portrait with a keen grasp of Oppenheimer's essential nature.... It succeeds in deeply fathoming his most damaging, self-contradictory behavior." --The New York Times

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MARTIN J.SHERWIN, a history professor at George Mason University, is the author of A World Destroyed: Hiroshima and Its Legacy, which won the Stuart L. Smith Prize. Bernath and the American History Book awards, and coauthor of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Alfred Prufrock, with Kai Bird. In 2006, Robert Oppenheimer won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography. His wife and he split their time between Washington, DC, and Colorado.

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ISBN 13 9780375726262
ISBN 10 0375726268
Title American Prometheus (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
Author Kai Bird
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Random House USA Inc
Year published 2006-04-11
Number of pages 784
Prizes Winner of National Book Critics Circle Awards., Winner of Pulitzer Prize 2006, Short-listed for J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize 2006
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.