Inside The Centre: The Life of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Author(s): Ray Monk
J. Robert Oppenheimer is among the most contentious and important figures of the twentieth century. As head of the Los Alamos Laboratory, he oversaw the successful effort to beat the Nazis to develop the first atomic bomb - a breakthrough which was to have eternal ramifications for mankind, and made Oppenheimer the 'father of the Bomb'. But his was not a simple story of assimilation, scientific success and world fame. A complicated and fragile personality, the implications of the discoveries at Los Alamos were to weigh heavily upon him. Having formed suspicious connections in the 1930s, in the wake of the Allied victory in World War Two, Oppenheimer's attempts to resist the escalation of the Cold War arms race would lead many to question his loyalties - and set him on a collision course with Senator Joseph McCarthy and his witch hunters.
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A story of discovery, secrecy, impossible choices and unimaginable destruction: Robert Oppenheimer, his life and the first atomic bomb.
"Wonderful... Monk retells this great twentieth-century tragedy magnificently" -- Ben Shephard Observer "An extraordinarily rich biography, superbly researched and written with impressive clarity. It is a considerable achievement" -- Graham Farmelo The Times "Monk's book is a tour de force...magisterial biography." -- Lisa Jardine Financial Times "Meticulously researched analysis...a triumph of historical investigation." -- Gerard DeGroot Sunday Telegraph "Not just a great biography but a powerful work of art." -- John Gray New Statesman
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.
General Fields
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- : Random House UK
- : VINTAGE ARROW - MASS MARKET
- : 0.658
- : 01 November 2013
- : 198mm X 129mm
- : 01 November 2013
- : books
Special Fields
- : Ray Monk
- : Paperback
- : Paperback
- : 530.092
- : 530.092
- : 864
- : 864
- : BGT
- : BGT