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Ray Monk
Ray Monk is a biographer and philosopher known for his detailed lives of Ludwig Wittgenstein and Robert Oppenheimer. His books also explore figures like Bertrand Russell and the history of philosophy, including The Great Philosophers.
Inside The Centre
- Pages
- 832
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- English
Synopsis
Robert J. Oppenheimer is among the most contentious and important figures of the twentieth century. As head of the Los Alamos Laboratory, he oversaw the successful effort to beat the Nazis to develop the first atomic bomb - a breakthrough which was to have eternal ramifications for mankind, and made Oppenheimer the 'father of the Bomb'.