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Oppenheimer

AvKai Bird,Martin J. Sherwin

Inbunden, Svenska, 2024

299 kr

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Han har blivit en av nittonhundratalets mest ikoniska gestalter – fysikern som ledde arbetet med att framställa atombomben och öppnade ett nytt kapitel i historien.

I denna Pulitzerprisvinnande biografi över Robert Oppenheimer tecknas bilden av en motsägelsefull figurs uppgång och fall under en av den moderna historiens mest omtumlande perioder. Få har genomlevt 1900-talets omvälvningar som Robert Oppenheimer. Han ledde Manhattanprojektets kapplöpning mot nazisterna, utsattes för McCarthyismens jakt på vänstersympatisörer och konfronterades med det vetenskapliga framstegets moraliska konsekvenser när bomberna slutligen föll över de japanska städerna Hiroshima och Nagasaki.

Oppenheimer ligger till grund för Christopher Nolans kritikerrosade film med samma namn.

“En gripande biografi, och en av de bästa sammanfattningar som skrivits om den vetenskapsbaserade säkerhetspolitikens epok.”Sverker Sörlin, DN

“Den definitiva biografin… Oppenheimers liv påverkar oss inte. Det hemsöker oss.”Newsweek

“Det har skrivits åtskilliga böcker om Oppenheimer men ingen står sig mot denna utomordentliga boks imponerande bredd och djup.” The Miami Herald

American Prometheus (Pulitzer Prize Winner): The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

AvKai Bird,Martin J. Sherwin

Inbunden, Engelska, 2005

524 kr

American Prometheus

Triumph and Tragedy of Robert Oppenheimer

AvKai Bird,Martin J. Sherwin

Häftad, Engelska, 2006

182 kr

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THE INSPIRATION FOR THE ACADEMY AWARD®-WINNING MAJOR MOTION PICTURE OPPENHEIMER "A riveting account of one of history's most essential and paradoxical figures."-Christopher Nolan

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - PULITZER PRIZE WINNER - The definitive biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, 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. "A masterful account of Oppenheimer's rise and fall, set in the context of the turbulent decades of America's own transformation. It is a tour de force." -Los Angeles Times Book Review "A work of voluminous scholarship and lucid insight, unifying its multifaceted portrait with a keen grasp of Oppenheimer's essential nature.... It succeeds in deeply fathoming his most damaging, self-contradictory behavior." -The New York Times

Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb

Young Readers Edition of AMERICAN PROMETHEUS: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

AvKai Bird,Martin J. Sherwin

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

203 kr

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Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb

Young Readers Edition of AMERICAN PROMETHEUS: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

AvKai Bird,Martin J. Sherwin

Häftad, Engelska, 2026, 9-12 år

176 kr

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J. Robert Oppenheimer was a brilliant physicist who led the American effort to build the atomic bomb during World War II, and who later found himself confronting the moral consequences of the revolutionary weapon he helped create. Readers of all ages will witness the rise and fall of a scientific and historical icon in this masterful new edition. Exploring his childhood, his secret work on the bomb, his central role in the Cold War, and his tragic downfall, this quintessential biography is history at its finest. Filled with dozens of photographs and updated information.

World Destroyed

Hiroshima and Its Legacies, Third Edition

AvMartin J. Sherwin

Häftad, Engelska, 2003

323 kr

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Continuously in demand since its first, prize-winning edition was published in 1975, this is the classic history of the development of the American atomic bomb, the decision to use it against Japan, and the origins of U.S. atomic diplomacy toward the Soviet Union.In his Preface to this new edition, the author describes and evaluates the lengthening trail of new evidence that has come to light concerning these often emotionally debated subjects. The author also invokes his experience as a historical advisor to the controversial, aborted 1995 Enola Gay exhibit at the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. This leads him to analyze the impact on American democracy of one of the most insidious of the legacies of Hiroshima: the political control of historical interpretation.Reviews of Previous Editions"The quality of Sherwin's research and the strength of his argument are far superior to previous accounts."—New York Times Book Review"Probably the definitive account for a long time to come. . . . Sherwin has tackled some of the critical questions of the Cold War's origins—and has settled them, in my opinion."—Walter LaFeber,Cornell University"One of those rare achievements of conscientious scholarship, a book at once graceful and luminous, yet loyal to its documentation and restrained in its speculations."—Boston Globe

Jonathan Schell The Fate of the Earth, The Abolition, The Unconquerable Worl

AvJonathan Schell,Martin J. Sherwinm. fl.

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

379 kr

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American Prometheus

The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

AvKai Bird,Martin J. Sherwin

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

167 kr

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***THE INSPIRATION FOR OPPENHEIMER, WINNER OF 7 OSCARS, INCLUDING BEST PICTURE, BEST DIRECTOR AND BEST ACTOR***THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR NONFICTION'Reads like a thriller, gripping and terrifying' Sunday TimesPhysicist and polymath, as familiar with Hindu scriptures as he was with quantum mechanics, J. Robert Oppenheimer - director of the Manhattan Project that developed the atomic bomb - was the most famous scientist of his generation. In their meticulous and riveting biography, Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin reveal a brilliant, ambitious, complex and flawed man, profoundly involved with some of the momentous events of the twentieth century.