Oppenheimer. Triumph and tragedy of American Prometheus. Berd K., Shervin M.

The first complete and detailed biography of the Father of the Atomic Bomb, J. Robert Oppenheimer, the great and charismatic scientist who created a weapon that could destroy the world. But, realizing the consequences of his work after the tragedy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, he began the struggle for international control over nuclear energy, and also violently opposed the development of a hydrogen bomb.

Oppenheimer hated high -ranking supporters of the “nuclear superiority of the United States”, after him The director of the FBI Edgar Hoover led continuous surveillance, studying his every step and every word. The reputation of the scientist was purposefully destroyed, writing down in the traitors of the homeland. However, time everything has set up in its place...

his difficult life is the key to understanding the recent past and the awareness of the mistakes that can be avoided in the future.