Bird, Kai. <br/><br/>
American Prometheus :  the triumph and tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer / 
 Triumph and tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer 
by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York :  A.A. Knopf,  2005. 
 - xiii, 721 p.  ill. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [685]-699) and index. 
<br/><br/> J. Robert Oppenheimer is one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century, a 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 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. --From publisher's description 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0375726268:  $17.95 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2004061535 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Physicists--United States--Biography.<br/>Atomic bomb--History.--United States<br/>Science--Political aspects--History--United States--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--History--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QC16.O62  / B57 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>530/.092  B