American Prometheus: the triumph and tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Movie and television tie-ins, Science and technology, Biography, Science and medicine biography, Historical biography, War, United States history
Human-narrated audio
Summary
Biography of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967)--"the father of the atomic bomb." Chronicles his New York City upbringing, marriage to Kitty Puening, work on the Manhattan Project, and life after the 1954 Atomic Energy Commission hearings which denied Oppenheimer his… security clearance for questioning the ethics of nuclear weapons. Pulitzer Prize winner 2006. 2005
Title Details
ISBN
9780375412028
Publisher
A.A. Knopf Canada
Copyright Date
2005
Book number
4680908
Audio details for CELA title
Narrator
Steven Carpenter
Duration
27 hours 35 minutes 12 seconds
Audio producer
Potomac Talking Book Services