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American Prometheus The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

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Publisher's Synopsis

THE INSPIRATION FOR CHRISTOPHER NOLAN'S NEW FILM OPPENHEIMER

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR NONFICTION


A riveting account of one of history's most essential and paradoxical figures. - Christopher Nolan
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.

Magisterial... There have been many books on Oppenheimer... but American Prometheus is the first to attempt to explore more than a single facet... It is a portrait of the man, the times, the science, and the politics... It is a vaulting ambition, and it is amply rewarded. - Judith Flanders, Spectator

About the Publisher

Atlantic Books

Atlantic Books is an independent British publishing house. It was founded by Toby Mundy in February 2000 and published its first book in May 2001. It has since developed a list that has a world-wide reputation for quality, originality and breadth, and includes fiction, history, politics, memoir and current affairs. It won 'Imprint and Editor of the Year' at the British Books Awards in 2005 and 2009, and was 'Independent Publisher of the Year' in 2009.

Book information

ISBN: 9781838959708
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Imprint: Atlantic Books
Pub date:
DEWEY: 530.092
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Sales rank: 1430
Number of pages: 736
Weight: 610g
Height: 130mm
Width: 199mm
Spine width: 58mm