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American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Audiobook) (Repost)

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American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Audiobook) (Repost)

American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Audiobook) By Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, read by Jeff Cummings
Unabridged edition 2007 | 26 hours and 31 mins | ISBN: 1433200120 | MP3 64 kbps | 766 MB


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. In this magisterial, acclaimed biography twenty-five years in the making, Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin capture Oppenheimer’s life and times, from his early career to his central role in the Cold War. This is biography and history at its finest, riveting and deeply informative..