Bird: American Prometheus
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| - | Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, ''American Prometheus : The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer. New York : Vintage Books, 2005. xiii + 721 pages with notes, bibliography, and index. | + | Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, ''American Prometheus : The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer.'' New York : Vintage Books, 2005. xiii + 721 pages with notes, bibliography, and index. |
Without doubt, J. Robert Oppenheimer is a pivotal character in the drama of the twentieth century, in science, in America, and in the world. He is at the center of a vortex in history with world-altering events swirling around him. To learn about Oppenheimer's life is to learn about the development of the atomic bomb, modern physics, the Manhattan Project, World War II, American politics and political intrigue, McCarthyism, the opening of the Cold War, and the beginnings of national nuclear neuroses. | Without doubt, J. Robert Oppenheimer is a pivotal character in the drama of the twentieth century, in science, in America, and in the world. He is at the center of a vortex in history with world-altering events swirling around him. To learn about Oppenheimer's life is to learn about the development of the atomic bomb, modern physics, the Manhattan Project, World War II, American politics and political intrigue, McCarthyism, the opening of the Cold War, and the beginnings of national nuclear neuroses. | ||
