American Prometheus: The Inspiration for the Major Motion Picture OPPENHEIMER (Paperback)

from yooperprof

aka "An American Tragedy" - biography at its best, melded with social and political history. Particularly notable for the sense of place conveyed through detailed description of cultural environments: cultured intellectual New York in the 1910s; alternative New Mexico in the 1930s; progressive Sa...

from Radaghast

The best biography I've ever read. This isn't just about Oppenheimer, though you will get plenty of information about him. This is the story of physics and physicists. This is a story about the time in history where the citizen scientist was a real force. This is about the very real threat of Com...

from Rsgua

Solid book. Price cannot be beat, literally

from hcubic

I am old enough to remember the 1954 hearings in the matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer, but I was too young to understand that there was more to this story about a supposed Communist in the nuclear weapons program than was being reported in the Los Angeles newspapers of the time. Much later I read ...

from Zack

Great book and cant wait to see the movie!! Oppenheimer was an amazing man who did so many great things and this was just an amazing book. Also for those curious it was printed in the USA!