Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, a biography of J Robert Oppenheimer which reads like a thriller as it traces the life of this complex and flawed man through the development of the atomic bomb and the history of that extraordinary period. Riveting stuff.
A portrait of scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, which discusses his role in the 20th-century scientific world, as well as his roles as family man and head of Princeton's Institute for Advanced Studies.
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A portrait of scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, which discusses his role in the 20th-century scientific world, as well as his roles as family man and head of Princeton's Institute for Advanced Studies.
American Prometheus features in the following genres: Biographies & Autobiographies, History, Non-Fiction Books of the Month, eBooks of the Month, Biography, Literature and Literary studies, History and Archaeology, Recommendations, Audiobooks of the Month
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American Prometheus was written by Kai Bird, Martin J Sherwin and published by Atlantic
American Prometheus has 721 pages
