American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer.AMERICAN PROMETHEUS Prometheus, in Greek mythology Prometheus (prōmē`thēəs), in Greek mythology, great benefactor of mankind. He was the son of the Titan Iapetus and of Clymene or Themis. : The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer KAI BIRD AND MARTIN J. SHERWIN Martin J. Sherwin is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American historian. His scholarship mostly concerns nuclear proliferation. Sherwin received his B.A. from Dartmouth College and his Ph.D. in history from the University of California, Los Angeles. He was the long-time Walter S. Authors Bird and Sherwin spent 25 years poring through thousands of letters and records--including massive FBI files--and conducting nearly 100 interviews with friends, relatives, and colleagues of J. Robert Oppenheimer. The effort has produced the most comprehensive biography to date of the scientist sometimes known as the father of the atomic bomb atomic bomb or A-bomb, weapon deriving its explosive force from the release of atomic energy through the fission (splitting) of heavy nuclei (see nuclear energy). The first atomic bomb was produced at the Los Alamos, N.Mex. . Unlike other Oppenheimer biographies, which begin with the Manhattan Project that he directed and end with the first explosions of atomic bombs, this book examines Oppenheimer's entire life. He had a privileged childhood in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. and spent his immediate-prewar years as a Berkeley professor. In 1942, an Army committee selected him to be the scientific director of the Manhattan Project, a post he held until the end of the war. Oppenheimer lost his security clearance in the 1950s for speaking out against the hydrogen bomb. This book will appeal to readers looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. insight into one of the most fascinating men of the 20th century. Knopf, 2005, b&w photos, hardcover, $35.00. |
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