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American Prometheus: The triumph and tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

By Bird K. , Sherwin M.J.

Book information

Publisher
Vintage Books
Year
2006
ISBN
0375726268, 9780375726262
Open Library ID
OL7426999M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
9 MB (9183160 bytes)
Pages
780\780
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
300
Time added
2011-07-22 07:35:22
Библиотека;Жизнь выдающихся людей;Ученыедеятели науки;Роберт Оппенгеймеризобретатели

Description

J. Robert Oppenheimer is 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. 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.

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