#3 in History
American Prometheus
- NYT bestseller · 15 weeks on the list, peaked at #1
- Duff Cooper Prize
- National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography
Affiliate link: buying through it supports BookRank at no extra cost to you.
About the book
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer is a 2005 biography of theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, the leader of the Manhattan Project, which produced the first nuclear weapons, written by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin over a period of 25 years. It won numerous awards, including the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.5 across 186 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 56% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the History average of 8.0. That is how 8.4 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.8 | 11 | 6% |
| Hardcover | 8.6 | 175 | 94% |
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
If you liked this
Same shelf — History — with scores between 7.6 and 8.4, closest to this book.
