Inside The Centre
The Life of J. Robert Oppenheimer
- Paperback
864 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2013
Summary
A story of discovery, secrecy, impossible choices, and unimaginable destruction: Robert Oppenheimer, his life, and the first atomic bomb.
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 that was to have eternal ramifications for mankind and made Oppenheimer the ‘father of the Bomb’.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099433538 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0099433532 |
| Author: | Ray Monk |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 864 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2013 |
| Weight: | 603g |
| Dimensions: | 44mm x 128mm x 196mm |
Critics Review
Illuminating.
An extraordinarily rich biography, superbly researched and written with impressive clarity. * The Times *
You don’t need to know your quantum physics to be gripped by Monk’s doorstop study of the momentous life of J Robert Oppenheimer… Monk serves his subject well by sparing us neither the worst nor the best in him. – Ed Caesar * Sunday Times *
Superlative. – Boyd Tonkin * Independent *
Illuminating. * Nature *
[A] fine biography… Oppenheimer has already been served well by biographers. However, Monk here takes the scholarship to a new level. * BBC History Magazine *
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
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.
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