American Prometheus by Kai Bird, & Martin J. Sherwin (Paperback, 2023)

Physicist 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.

About the Authors

Kai Bird is a contributing editor at The Nation and the author of several biographies, including The Chairman, The Color of Truth, The Good Spy and The Outlier. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and a MacArthur Writing Fellowship

Martin J. Sherwin was a Professor of History at George Mason University. His other books include A World Destroyed, winner of the Stuart L. Bernath and the American History Book Prize, and Gambling with Armageddon.

Format: Paperback | 736 pages

Dimensions (cm): 19.7 x 12.8 x 4.8 | 608g

Publication Date: 04 Jul 2023

Publisher: Atlantic Books

Publication City/Country: London, United Kingdom

Language: English

Illustrations note: b&w photos

Edition Number: 1

ISBN10: 183895970X

ISBN13: 9781838959708

 

Condition: Good

A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including very minor scuff marks along the edges, and a very thin strip of laminating has started to come unstuck on the fore-edge of both the front and back covers, but no holes or tears. The majority of pages are undamaged with very minimal creasing (minor creasing on the first page in book only), but no tearing. No pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text and no writing in margins. No missing pages.