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American Prometheus

  • Martin J. Sherwin,
  • Kai Bird

3.89

9 ratings

Biography of American physicist Robert J. Oppenheimer. Winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography.

Genres

  • physics
  • Manhatten Project
  • atomic bomb
  • nuclear physics
  • biography
  • history
  • pulitzer prize
  • Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography
  • Oppenheimer, j. robert, 1904-1967
  • Physicists, biography
  • Science, history, united states
  • United states, history, 20th century
  • Physicists
  • Science
  • Political aspects
  • Manhattanproject
  • nyt:paperback-nonfiction=2023-07-16
  • New York Times bestseller
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About the authors

  • Martin J. Sherwin

    3.89

    9 ratings · 10 works

  • Kai Bird

    born 1951

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    9 ratings · 7 works

Editions

  • Edition cover

    Garzanti

    2007

  • Edition cover

    Atlantic Books, Limited

    2023

  • Edition cover

    Random House Espanol, Debate

    2023

  • Edition cover

    1st ed.

    A.A. Knopf

    2005

  • Edition cover

    1st ed.

    A.A. Knopf

    2005

  • Edition cover

    Unabridged edition

    Blackstone Audio Inc.

    February 1, 2007

  • Edition cover

    Unabridged edition

    Blackstone Audio Inc.

    February 1, 2007

  • Edition cover

    Unabridged edition

    Blackstone Audio Inc.

    February 1, 2007

  • Edition cover

    Unabridged edition

    Blackstone Audio Inc.

    February 1, 2007

  • Edition cover

    Vintage

    April 11, 2006

  • Edition cover

    Blackstone Audio

    Jul 01, 2012

  • Edition cover

    Knopf

    April 5, 2005

  • Edition cover

    Atlantic Books

    2009

  • Edition cover

    Atlantic Books

    2008

  • Edition cover

    Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

    2007

  • Edition cover

    Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

    2007

  • Edition cover

    Atlantic Books, Limited

    2021

  • Edition cover

    1st ed.

    A.A. Knopf

    2005