num_pages: 480
description: Friends and foes alike agree that J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-67) was an enigma. They wondered how a theoretical physicist who was more interested in aesthetics than power could become the leader of American science; how a devoted humanist could become the father of the atomic bomb; how a quiet, contemplative man who was only intermittently involved with politics could become the center of a fierce government fight. Science historian Dr. David Cassidy places Oppenheimer's life within the context of rise of American science and explores this genius of contradictions.
language: English
title: J. Robert Oppenheimer: And the American Century
titlecomplete: J. Robert Oppenheimer: And the American Century
characters: J. Robert Oppenheimer
genres: Biography, Politics, Science, Nonfiction, History
ratings_count: 43
publisher: Pi Press