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American PrometheusAmerican Prometheus

American Prometheus2005

Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin

4.2on Hardcover

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Biography of American physicist Robert J. Oppenheimer. Winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography.

Details

First published
2005
OL Work ID
OL1905682W

Subjects

physicsManhatten Projectatomic bombnuclear physicsbiographyhistorypulitzer prizePulitzer Prize for Biography or AutobiographyOppenheimer, j. robert, 1904-1967Physicists, biographyScience, history, united statesUnited states, history, 20th centuryPhysicistsSciencePolitical aspectsManhattanprojectnyt:paperback-nonfiction=2023-07-16New York Times bestseller

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