{"product_id":"9781838959708","title":"American Prometheus : The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Bird, Kai, Sherwin, Martin J. \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003ec 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 15 June 2023 by Atlantic Books in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 736 pages, 2 x 16pp b\/w plates\u003cbr\u003e130 x 199 x 58 | 610g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e***THE INSPIRATION FOR OPPENHEIMER, WINNER OF 7 OSCARS, INCLUDING BEST PICTURE, BEST DIRECTOR AND BEST ACTOR***THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR NONFICTION'Reads like a thriller, gripping and terrifying' Sunday TimesPhysicist and polymath, as familiar with Hindu scriptures as he was with quantum mechanics, J. Robert Oppenheimer - director of the Manhattan Project that developed the atomic bomb - was the most famous scientist of his generation. In their meticulous and riveting biography, Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin reveal a brilliant, ambitious, complex and flawed man, profoundly involved with some of the momentous events of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cobham Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55490629206402,"sku":"9781838959708","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/4567\/2367\/files\/9781838959708.jpg?v=1753731118","url":"https:\/\/www.cobhambooks.live\/products\/9781838959708","provider":"Cobham Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}