Cover of American Prometheus

American Prometheus

The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

 Sample

Get 30 days of Standard free

€5.99/mo after trial. Cancel monthly.
Try for €0.00
More purchase options

American Prometheus

By: Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin
Narrated by: Jeff Cummings
Try for €0.00

€5.99 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for €29.63

Buy Now for €29.63

Season's Savings | 0.99 €/month for 3 months

5.99 €/month thereafter - terms apply. Cancel monthly.

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.

THE INSPIRATION FOR THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE 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.

When he proposed international controls over atomic materials, opposed the development of the hydrogen bomb, and criticized plans for a nuclear war, his ideas were anathema to powerful advocates of a massive nuclear buildup during the anti-Communist hysteria of the early 1950s. They declared that Oppenheimer could not be trusted with America’s nuclear secrets.

In this magisterial biography twenty-five years in the making, which won the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for biography, the authors capture Oppenheimer’s life and times, from his early career to his central role in the Cold War.

©2007 Blackstone Audio Inc. Historical Modern Professionals & Academics Science Science & Technology
adbl_web_anon_alc_button_suppression_t1

Reviews

"The definitive biography...Oppenheimer's life doesn't influence us. It haunts us." ( Newsweek)
"[A] profoundly fascinating, richly complex, and ineffably sad American life.... Bird and Sherwin are without peer...in capturing the humanity of the man." ( Booklist)
"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." ( New York Times)
All
Most relevant
Very interesting. For a 24 hour listen, it was never tiresome. Only one thing, sometimes the sound seems to drop a little and comes back one or two sentences after.

A great read

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Exceptional and it makes me impatient to see the movie. But such an undeserved recompense….An admirable American.

Outstanding from every point of view

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
The book makes for a marvelous gem. Not only you’ll be guided gently into the life of Oppenheimer, but the voices are remarkable.

A great life laid before you

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
A condensate of historical and scientific mistakes. They pretend that Oppenheimer was a Great physicist, lacking a Nobel prize for political reaaon, while he was very modest. However, he was a Great manager... of genocide.

The Reading Is awesome, but the book Is awful

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.