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American Prometheus

Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin

  • 721 pages · about 12 hours
  • First published 2005
  • 19 editions
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1 About this book

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

Good for readers who want: physics, a true life story, history, and a long read.

  • Physics
  • Nuclear physics
  • Biography
  • History
  • Physicists, biography
  • Science, history
  • United states, history
  • Science

2 About Kai Bird

Born 1951

Kai Bird (born September 2, 1951) is an American author and columnist, best known for his works on the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, United States–Middle East political relations, and his biographies of political figures. He won a Pulitzer Prize for American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer.

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