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Robert J. Oppenheimer is among the most contentious and important figures of the twentieth century. As head of the Los Alamos Laboratory, he oversaw the successful effort to beat the Nazis to develop the first atomic bomb - a breakthrough which was to have eternal ramifications for mankind, and made Oppenheimer the 'father of the Bomb'.
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3 editions- Paperback · English · 2013Vintage · 832 pages · 9780099433538
- Other · English · 2012Jonathan Cape · 818 pages · 9780224062626
- Other · English · 2012Penguin Random House · 832 pages · 9781448162253
Oppenheimer, j. robert, 1904-1967Physicists, biographyAtomic bombPhysicistsBiographyIntellectual lifeHistory