American Prometheus

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'A riveting account of one of iiistory's most essential and paradoxical figures.'
Christopher Nolan
'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 Tefegrapfi
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'There have been many books on Oppenheimer but /Imer/can Prometheus is the first to attempt to explore more than a single facet: not just Oppenhejmer the physicist, or Oppenheimer the creator of Lbs Alamos, or Oppenheimer the victim of a government witch-hunt, but all of these, and niiore. It is a portrait of the man, the times, the science and the politics It is a vaulting ambition, and it is amply rewarded.' Judith Flanders, Spectator
'This is a magisterial biography: a masterpiece that has taken decades to put together.' Kathryn Hughes, Mail on Sunday
'Fascinating... Tovább

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'A riveting account of one of iiistory's most essential and paradoxical figures.'
Christopher Nolan
'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 Tefegrapfi
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'There have been many books on Oppenheimer but /Imer/can Prometheus is the first to attempt to explore more than a single facet: not just Oppenhejmer the physicist, or Oppenheimer the creator of Lbs Alamos, or Oppenheimer the victim of a government witch-hunt, but all of these, and niiore. It is a portrait of the man, the times, the science and the politics It is a vaulting ambition, and it is amply rewarded.' Judith Flanders, Spectator
'This is a magisterial biography: a masterpiece that has taken decades to put together.' Kathryn Hughes, Mail on Sunday
'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.' IViark Lawson, Esquire |
'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 IVIcKie, Observer
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