J. Robert Oppenheimer: And the American Century by Cassidy, David

Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Pi Press, 2004. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First printing, 2004. Black cloth 8vo, 462pp. With an 16 page spread of glossy photographs. Near fine with only the slightest rubbing to the corners to report. In a near fine dustjacket. Contents are clean and unmarked. 8vo.

Penguin Publishing Group. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Pi Press, 2004-08-20. Hardcover. Good.

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New York, NY: Pi Press, 2005. Reprint. Second printing. Hardcover. Very good in very good dust jacket. DJ has slight wear and siling.. xviii, 462 p. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. The unexplored secret of the American Century, the last 100 years of UShistory, is the rise of American science, specifically physics. At the heart of thatstory is J. Robert Oppenheimer, leader of the Manhattan Project that built theatomic bomb. He was a man of contradictions: a scientist who discovered blackholes and then turned his back on cutting edge research; a gentle liberalhumanist responsible for the creation of the first real weapon of massdestruction; a genius who founded "scientific militarism" and then let it destroyhim. His life story embodies the great conflicts of American society, its genius, its weaknesses, and even its essential morality. How did an aesthete man uninterested in the acquisition of power become theleader of American science, the most powerful research community in… Read More

FIRST EDITION ,1st printing in near fine condition with unclipped dust jacket showing minor signs of wear,internally fine,no inscription or other writing throughout,Hardback, black boards.

Pi Press, 2004-08-20. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!