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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Bird, Kai.     Subjects     Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967.     Physicists -- United States -- Biography.     Atomic bomb -- United States -- History.     Science -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.     United States -- History -- 20th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Bird, Kai.       by title:      American Prometheus ...         MARC Display

American Prometheus : the triumph and tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer / by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin. by Bird, Kai. New York : A.A. Knopf, 2005. Subjects Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967.   Physicists -- United States -- Biography.   Atomic bomb -- United States -- History.   Science -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.   United States -- History -- 20th century. ISBN:  0375412026 : Description:  xiii, 721 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Edition:  1st ed. Requests:  11 Summary:  The first full-scale biography of the "father of the atomic bomb," the brilliant, charismatic physicist who led the effort to capture the fire of the sun for his country in time of war. After Hiroshima, he became the most famous scientist of his generation--an icon of modern man confronting the consequences of scientific progress. He created a radical proposal to place international controls over atomic materials, opposed the development of the hydrogen bomb and criticized the Air Force's plans to fight a nuclear war. In the hysteria of the early 1950s, his ideas were anathema to powerful advocates of a massive nuclear buildup, and people such as Edward Teller and FBI director J. Edgar Hoover worked behind the scenes to obtain a finding that he could not be trusted with America's nuclear secrets. This book is both biography and history, significant to our understanding of our recent past--and of our choices for the future. Awards:  Pulitzer Prize, Biography, 2006   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status Due Date   Aina Haina Public Library Adult New Books B Oppenheimer Bi Checked out 05/09/2024 Add Copy to MyList Hana P/S Library Adult Biography Oppenheimer Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Biography B Oppenheimer, Robert Bi Checked out 05/15/2024 Add Copy to MyList Kailua Public Library Adult Biography B Oppenheimer Bi Item being held   Add Copy to MyList Kapolei Public Library Adult Nonfiction 530.092 Oppenheimer Bi Item being held   Add Copy to MyList Lihue Public Library Adult Nonfiction 530.092 Oppenheimer Bi Checked out 05/16/2024 Add Copy to MyList Mililani Public Library Adult Biography B Oppenheimer Bi Checked out 05/18/2024 Add Copy to MyList Pearl City Public Library Adult Biography 530.092 Oppenheimer Bi Item being held   Add Copy to MyList Wailuku Public Library Adult Biography B Oppenheimer Bi Checked In   Add Copy to MyList

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