| International Standard Book Number |
9780593856468 (epub)
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780593856451 (hardback)
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| International Standard Book Number |
0593856457 (hardback)
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| Personal Name |
Bird, Kai, author.
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| Title Statement |
Oppenheimer and the atomic bomb / by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin ; adapted by Eric S. Singer.
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| Edition Statement |
Young readers edition.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York, New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2025.
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| Physical Description |
xxv, 308 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm.
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| General Note |
"Young readers edition of American Prometheus: the triumph and tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer"--Title page.
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
A world of promise -- Los Alamos -- Fallout -- American inquisition.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"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 created. In this masterful new edition of the #1 New York Times bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning book that inspired the blockbuster film Oppenheimer, readers will witness the rise and fall of a scientific and historical icon. Exploring the childhood, his controversial work on the bomb, his central role in the Cold War, and his tragic downfall, this quintessential biography is history at its finest, riveting and deeply informative, and introduces younger readers to one of the twentieth century's most iconic and complex global figures."-- Provided by publisher.
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| Target Audience Note |
Ages 10-14 years G.P. Putnam's Sons.
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967 Juvenile literature.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Physicists United States Biography Juvenile literature.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Atomic bomb History United States Juvenile literature.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Science Political aspects History 20th century United States Juvenile literature.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
United States History 20th century Juvenile literature.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Sherwin, Martin J., author.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Singer, Eric (Eric S.), adapter.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Adaptation of (expression): Bird, Kai. American Prometheus.
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