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Robert Oppenheimer: A Life Inside the Center
By Ray Monk
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By Ray Monk
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An unforgettable story of discovery and unimaginable destruction and a major biography of one of America’s most brilliant—and most divisive—scientists, Robert Oppenheimer: A Life Inside the Center vividly illuminates the man who would go down in history as “the father of the atomic bomb.”
“Impressive. . . . An extraordinary story.”—The New York Times Book Review
“Judicious, comprehensive and reliable. . . . By far the most thorough survey yet written of Oppenheimer’s physics."—Washington Post
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“Impressive. . . . An extraordinary story.”—The New York Times Book Review
“Judicious, comprehensive and reliable. . . . By far the most thorough survey yet written of Oppenheimer’s physics."—Washington Post
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