American Prometheus - The Triumph and Tragedy of J.Robert Oppenheimer

***THE INSPIRATION FOR OPPENHEIMER, WINNER OF 7 OSCARS, INCLUDING BEST PICTURE, BEST DIRECTOR AND BEST ACTOR***THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR NONFICTION'Reads like a thriller, gripping and terrifying' Sunday TimesPhysicist 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.

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• Autori: Kai Bird, Bird Kai, Martin J Sherwin, Martin J. Sherwin, Sherwin Martin J.
• Editore: Atlantic Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 15.06.2023
• EAN: 9781838959708
• ISBN: 978-1-83895-970-8
• Pagine: 721
• Dimensioni: 129 mm x 199 mm x 46 mm
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Biografie, autobiografie; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Fisica, astronomia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, HISTORY / Military / World War II, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Inventions, military history, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology, HISTORY / Military / Weapons, HISTORY / Military / Nuclear Warfare, Technology: general issues, Second World War, Nuclear weapons, Inventions and inventors, Biography: historical, political and military, Biography: science, technology and medicine, Second World War, 1939-1945, Ordnance, weapons technology, Weapons and equipment