American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert OppenheimerModern · Biography, History, Nonfiction
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
2005 · 721 pages · Nonfiction
74
Modern
★ 4.30 on Goodreads · 64K ratings
≈ 18 hours to read · about 5 weeks at 30 minutes a day
Is it worth reading?
Pulitzer Prize (Biography) winner (2006) and 1 more win. 4.30★ from 64K Goodreads ratings.
By the numbers
74Must-Read Score
- Critics71 out of 100 · counts 35%+28
- Readers79 out of 100 · counts 50%+46
- Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0
Where it ranks
- #10 of the 207 memoirs and biographies we rank
- #14 of the 220 history books we rank
- #20 of the 318 modern books we rank
- #55 of the 1,344 books we rank
Won
- Pulitzer Prize (Biography) winner (2006)
- NBCC Award (Biography) winner (2005)
Reads as
True story, Thought-provoking
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