American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Martin J. Sherwin, Kai Bird

American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

Martin J. Sherwin, Kai Bird with Jeff Cummings (Narrator)

26 hours, 30 minutes first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction biography history science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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The inspiration for the major motion picture Oppenheimer, this is the definitive biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, 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 con...

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informative 95%
reflective 58%
challenging 48%
sad 30%
emotional 25%
dark 24%
inspiring 23%
tense 23%
adventurous 7%
funny 2%
hopeful 2%
mysterious 1%

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medium 37%
fast 3%

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