American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer-Nonfiction: 人物傳記 Biography-買書書 BuyBookBook

American Prometheus

Name: American Prometheus
Brand: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group : Vintage / Knopf / Vintage / Atlantic Books
SKU: 9780375726262-PRUSDTR-US
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English • Age Adult - Adult

平裝書 Paperback • 784 pages • 13.5 x 20.1 x 4.0 cm

Approx. weight: 0.77 kg

Publication date: 11 Apr,2006

Barcode: 9780375726262 • Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group : Vintage / Knopf / Vintage / Atlantic Books

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By: Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin

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.

THE INSPIRATION FOR THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE OPPENHEIMER

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