03646cam a2200649 4500 2498147705 TxAuBib 20250820120000.0 ||||||s2007||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780307424730 0307424731 B000XUBEYS Amazon 25add7b5-8f1f-4a4c-b529-1c82959e2772 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 449409 OverDrive (Product ID) 13787 13787 TxAuBib Bird, Kai. American Prometheus [Bridges eBook] : The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2007. historical non fiction best sellers. historical nonfiction best sellers. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. pulitzer prize winning books. best biographies of all time. biography books best sellers. history books best sellers. history books for adults. biographies best sellers. american history ebooks. historical biographies. oppenheimer movie 2023. historical nonfiction. american prometheus. historical books. oppenheimer book. biography books. history books. History book. biographies. Oppenheimer. Prometheus. Best books. openheimer. Books. HTML:<b>THE INSPIRATION FOR THE ACADEMY AWARD®-WINNING MAJOR MOTION PICTURE OPPENHEIMER • "A riveting account of one of history’s most essential and paradoxical figures.”—Christopher Nolan</b><br /> <b>#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • 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 war, and who later found himself confronting the moral consequences of scientific progress.</b><br /> <b>A <i>Kirkus Reviews</i> Best Nonfiction Book of the Century</b><br /> In this magisterial, acclaimed biography twenty-five years in the making, Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin capture Oppenheimer’s life and times, from his early career to his central role in the Cold War. This is biography and history at its finest, riveting and deeply informative.<br /> “A masterful account of Oppenheimer’s rise and fall, set in the context of the turbulent decades of America’s own transformation. It is a tour de force.” —<i>Los Angeles Times Book Review</i><br /> “A work of voluminous scholarship and lucid insight, unifying its multifaceted portrait with a keen grasp of Oppenheimer’s essential nature.... It succeeds in deeply fathoming his most damaging, self-contradictory behavior.” —<i>The New York Times</i>. Biography & Autobiography. Nonfiction. History. Media Type: eBook. National Book Critics Circle Award. Pulitzer Prize. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2025-08-18 20:00:03. Sherwin, Martin J. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=25ADD7B5-8F1F-4A4C-B529-1C82959E2772&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=25ADD7B5-8F1F-4A4C-B529-1C82959E2772&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)