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Product Description An unforgettable story of discovery and unimaginable destruction and a major biography of one of America’s most brilliant—and most divisive—scientists, Robert Oppenheimer: A Life Inside the Center vividly illuminates the man who would go down in history as “the father of the atomic bomb.” Oppenheimer’s talent and drive secured him a place in the pantheon of great physicists and carried him to the laboratories where the secrets of the universe revealed themselves. But they also led him to contribute to the development of the deadliest weapon on earth, a discovery he soon came to fear. His attempts to resist the escalation of the Cold War arms race—coupled with political leanings at odds with post-war America—led many to question his loyalties, and brought down upon him the full force of McCarthyite anti-communism. Digging deeply into Oppenheimer’s past to solve the enigma of his motivations and his complex personality, Ray Monk uncovers the extraordinary, charming, tortured man—and the remarkable mind—who fundamentally reshaped the world. Review “Impressive. . . . An extraordinary story.” —The New York Times Book Review “Judicious, comprehensive and reliable. . . . By far the most thorough survey yet written of Oppenheimer’s physics. . . . A convincing portrait.” —Washington Post “Compelling.” —The New Yorker “Oppenheimer is fortunate to have been given such an exemplary biographer.” —New Scientist “Essential reading for Oppie enthusiasts, even those who don't know a meson from a cosmic ray (and don't much care).” —Chicago Tribune “[Robert Oppenheimer] feels suspiciously like the best biography I’ve ever read.” —Bryan Appleyard, New Statesman “A masterclass in how biography, done well, gets us closer to the mindset of an age than any other kind of inquiry.” —The Guardian (London) “Monk is a levelheaded and congenial guide to Oppenheimer’s life. . . . [His] discussion of Oppenheimer’s work in physics is one of his book’s great contributions to the saga, an area of the man’s life that previous biographies have neglected.” —The Daily Beast “Monk’s book is a tour de force. . . . This will, I am sure, establish itself as the definitive biography.” —Lisa Jardine, Financial Times “An enigma to many of his contemporaries, Oppenheimer made enemies as easily as friends. Monk is at his best when teasing apart Oppenheimer’s confusing inner life, finding in his ‘enigmatic elusiveness’ and ‘his inability to make ordinary close contact’ with others the source of his acknowledged genius in leading the Manhattan Project.” —San Francisco Chronicle “An extraordinarily rich biography, superbly researched and written with impressive clarity. It is a considerable achievement of scholarship.” —The Times (London) “Does what nothing so far written on the enigmatic physicist has attempted: integrating into a seamless whole a profound inquiry into the formative influences on Oppenheimer’s character, a definitive account of his complex role in the development of the atomic bomb and a penetrating analysis of the philosophical implications of the new physics. It is not just a great biography but a powerful work of art.” —New Statesman (London) “Monk describes and explains Oppenheimer’s contributions to physics and places them in their historical context. . . . The permutations of the Oppenheimer enigma are investigated in this nonpareil biography.” —The Buffalo News “It is the epic story of the atomic bomb and Oppenheimer’s fall from grace in the McCarthyite era that stir the reader. . . . Science has received short shrift from [Oppenheimer’s] several biographers. It is this that Ray Monk’s life has set out to rectify.” —The Independent (London) “A triumph of historical investigation. . . . It is the most personal and sensitive biography of Oppenheimer so far published; the man himself rises from the pages, a figure worthy at times of reverence, but often of contempt.” —The Telegraph (London) “Monk retells this great 20
