Showing American Prometheus: the Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird
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American Prometheus 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. This biography reveals a brilliant man, profoundly involved with some of the momentous events of the twentieth century. Full description
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