American Prometheus : the triumph and tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer / Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin.

London : Atlantic Books, 2023.

736 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm

Originally published: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

US National Book Critics' Circle Award

9781838959708 (pbk)

B OPP
530.092
B/OPP

English

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