J. Robert Oppenheimer is one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century, a brilliant 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 magisterial, acclaimed biography twenty-five years in the making, Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin capture Oppenheimer’s life and times, from his early career to his central role in the Cold War. This is biography and history at its finest, riveting and deeply informative.

J. Robert Oppenheimer是二十世纪的偶像级人物之一，他是一位杰出的物理学家，曾在战争时期作为主导，为他的国家制造了原子弹，后来发现自己不得不面对科学进步所带来的道德后果。在这部权威、备受好评且耗费二十五年时间制作的传记中，Kai Bird和Martin Sherwin描述了Oppenheimer的生平和时代，从他职业生涯的早期到他在冷战中的重要角色。这本**的传记和历史，引人入胜又富含信息量。