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Informationen zum Autor A contributing editor at the Nation , Kai Bird is the author of several biographies, including the Pulitzer Prize winner American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Atlantic 2008) with Martin J. Sherwin. He lives in Washington, D.C. and Nepal with his wife and son. Martin J. Sherwin is Professor of History at Tufts University abd University Professor at George Mason University. He is the author of A World Destroyed: Hiroshima and its Legacies and, with Kai Bird, of the Pulitzer Prize winner American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Atlantic 2008). He and his wife live in Washington, D.C. Klappentext 'A tremendous work of scholarship' Financial Times 'Fascinating... Enthralling... All previous works on the topic are, in the nicest possible sense, blown out of the sky by a book which is, in both the proper and metaphorical meanings, monumental.' Mark Lawson, Esquire 'Its combination of meticulous scholarship and felicitous prose grasps the drama of Oppenheimer's life in all its riveting complexity... The story of 'the triumph and tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer'...is also the story of the triumph and tragedy of the American Century.' Kenan Malik, Sunday Telegraph ' American Prometheus is, quite simply, a giant among biographies, a life story that at times reads like a thriller but which is also deeply authoritative and persuasively informative.' Robin McKie, Observer 'This is a magisterial biography: a masterpiece that has taken decades to put together. Although a whopping 600 pages long, it feels, if anything, slightly too short.' Kathryn Hughes, Mail on Sunday Vorwort Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, published to exceptional reviews in both the US and the UK, American Prometheus is as compelling a work of biography as it is a significant work of history. Zusammenfassung ***THE INSPIRATION FOR CHRISTOPHER NOLAN'S FORTHCOMING NEW FILM OPPENHEIMER *** WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR NONFICTION 'Reads like a thriller, gripping and terrifying' Sunday Times 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. In their meticulous and riveting biography, Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin reveal a brilliant, ambitious, complex and flawed man, profoundly involved with some of the momentous events of the twentieth century. ...
