American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer. Bird, Kai and Martin J. Sherwin [Christopher Nolan and Cillian Murphy] Biography and Autobiography

First edition of this Pulitzer Prize-winning work, basis for the Academy Award-winning film directed by Christopher Nolan, starring Cillian Murphy, which won both an Academy Award. Octavo, original boards, illustrated. Boldly signed by director Christopher Nolan and Academy Award- winning actor Cillian Murphy on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Stephanie Kloss. Uncommon. American Prometheus is the first full-scale biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, â father of the atomic bomb,â the brilliant, charismatic physicist who led the effort to capture the awesome fire of the sun for his country in time of war. Immediately after Hiroshima, he became the most famous scientist of his generationâ "one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century, the embodiment of modern man confronting the consequences of scientific progress.