American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
By Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin
Read by Jeff Cummings
Unabridged
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3 Formats: CD
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3 Formats: Library CD
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3 Formats: MP3 CD
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ISBN: 9781470824419
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ISBN: 9781433200113
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ISBN: 9781433200120
Runtime: | 26.50 Hours |
Category: | Nonfiction/Biography |
Audience: | Adult |
Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
Winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Biography
Winner of the 2005 National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography
Winner of the 2006 Ambassador Book Award for Biography/Autobiography
A 2005 Time Magazine Top 10 Book
A 2005 New York Times Book Review Notable Book
A 2005 San Francisco Chronicle Best Book for Nonfiction
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.
When he proposed international controls over atomic materials, opposed the development of the hydrogen bomb, and criticized plans for a nuclear war, his ideas were anathema to powerful advocates of a massive nuclear buildup during the anti-Communist hysteria of the early 1950s. They declared that Oppenheimer could not be trusted with America’s nuclear secrets.
In this magisterial biography twenty-five years in the making, which won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for biography, the authors capture Oppenheimer’s life and times, from his early career to his central role in the Cold War.
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Details
Details
Available Formats : | CD, Library CD, MP3 CD |
Category: | Nonfiction/Biography |
Runtime: | 26.50 |
Audience: | Adult |
Language: | English |
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