American Prometheus

J. Robert Oppenheimer is one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century, a brilliant 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 magisterial, acclaimed biography twenty-five years in the making, Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin capture Oppenh...

J. Robert Oppenheimer is one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century, a brilliant 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 magisterial, acclaimed 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. This is biography and history at its finest, riveting and deeply informative.

凯·伯德(Kai Bird)，曾为约翰·麦克洛伊、麦克乔治·邦迪等多位美国政治人物作传，并获得过古根海姆基金会、洛克菲勒基金会等多家机构的资助奖金。现与妻子和儿子定居在美国华盛顿特区。

马丁·J.舍温(Martin J.Sherwin)，美国塔夫茨大学英美历史学教授，著有《被破坏的世界：广岛及其遗产》，该书被美国历史学会授予美国历史图书奖。他还担任过多部与原子弹有关的纪录影片的学术顾问，并获得过古根海姆基金会、洛克菲勒基金会和美国科学与艺术学院等多家机构的研究奖金。现与妻子定居在美国波士顿和华盛顿特区。