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Atomic bomb United States History Authors, English Authors, English 19th century Biography Dickens, Charles Dickens, Charles 1812-1870 English novelists Biography Oppenheimer, J. Robert 1904-1967 Physicists United States Biography Science Political aspects United States History 20th century USABird, Kai
Summary: J. Robert Oppenheimer is one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century, a 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 biography twenty-five years in the making, Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin capture Oppenheimer's life and times, from his early career to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 2005
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Summary: When Charles Dickens died in 1870, The Times of London successfully campaigned for his burial in Westminster Abbey, the final resting place of England's kings and heroes. Thousands flocked to mourn the best recognized and loved man of nineteenth-century England. His books had made them laugh, shown them the squalor and greed of English life, and also the power of personal virtue and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2011