American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

J. Robert Oppenheimer is 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. 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.

• The Making of the Atomic Bomb
• Manhattan Project: The Birth of the Atomic Bomb in the Words of Its Creators, Eyewitnesses, and Historians
• Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb
• 109 East Palace: Robert Oppenheimer and the Secret City of Los Alamos
• Now It Can Be Told: The Story Of The Manhattan Project
• Robert Oppenheimer: A Life Inside the Center
• The Pope of Physics: Enrico Fermi and the Birth of the Atomic Age
• Robert Oppenheimer: Letters and Recollections (Stanford Nuclear Age Series)
• The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
• The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe