{"product_id":"oppenheimer-and-the-atomic-bomb-young-readers-edition-of-american-prometheus-the-triumph-and-tragedy-of-j-robert-oppenheimer-9780593856475","title":"Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb: Young Readers Edition of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer","description":"\u003cb\u003eA young readers edition of the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning book \u003ci\u003eAmerican Prometheus \u003c\/i\u003ewas the inspiration for the blockbuster film, \u003ci\u003eOppenheimer\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis brand-new edition introduces the next generation to one of the twentieth century's most iconic and complex global figures. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJ. Robert Oppenheimer\u003c\/b\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReaders 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, this riveting and deeply informative account is now available to a middle and high school audience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kai Bird,Martin J. Sherwin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/12\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.36w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593856475\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudience:\u003c\/b\u003e Ages 9-12\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKAI BIRD \u003c\/b\u003eis an award-winning historian and journalist and current Executive Director of the Leon Levy Center for Biography. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography for \u003ci\u003eAmerican Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer\u003c\/i\u003e (co-authored with Martin J. Sherwin), which was adapted into the Academy Award-winning film \u003ci\u003eOppenheimer\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has been honored with the BIO Award for his significant contributions to the art and craft of biography. He has also written about the Vietnam War, Hiroshima, nuclear weapons, the Cold War, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and the CIA. He lives in New York City and Washington, D.C. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMARTIN J. SHERWIN (1937-2021), \u003c\/b\u003edistinguished historian and writer. After twenty years of research, he joined with Kai Bird to complete the award-winning biography, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer.\u003c\/i\u003e Sherwin served on the faculty of the University of California at Berkeley, Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania and Dartmouth College. He founded the Nuclear Age History and Humanities Center at Tufts University. In the last decade of his life, he was a University Professor at George Mason University and worked with the Wilson Center's History \u0026amp; Public Policy Program in Washington, DC, to develop the \"Nuclear Boot Camp,\" a program to support young scholars of nuclear history.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Kai Bird \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48449334837405,"sku":"9780593856475","price":13.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_0e822117-6994-4516-8e4a-935d92fad893.jpg?v=1781632275","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/oppenheimer-and-the-atomic-bomb-young-readers-edition-of-american-prometheus-the-triumph-and-tragedy-of-j-robert-oppenheimer-9780593856475","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}