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

The definitive biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, 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 wa…

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