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Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

Jeremy Bernstein

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Bloomsbury Publishing plc
Año de edición:
2024
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Biografía: general
ISBN:
9781538190159
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In this biographical memoir, written by a former colleague, J. Robert Oppenheimer emerges as a man unsure of his identity and captive to an element of self-destructiveness in his makeup. Bernstein’s portrait brings the reader close to the life and workings of an extraordinary and controversial man.

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