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The Life of J. Robert Oppenheimer

Ray Monk

A story of discovery, secrecy, impossible choices and unimaginable destruction: a biography of one of the most contentious and important figures of the twentieth century, Robert Oppenheimer, telling the story of his life and the first atomic bomb.

First published:: 2012
Published by:: Jonathan Cape
Length:: Hardcover 825 pages

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About the author

Ray Monk is the author of Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius for which he won the Mail on Sunday/John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and the Duff Cooper Award, and Bertrand Russell: The Spirit of Solitude. He is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southampton.