<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[author results for Sherwin, Martin J.]]></title><description><![CDATA[author results for Sherwin, Martin J.]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/chipublib/rss/search?query=Sherwin%2C%20Martin%20J.&amp;searchType=author&amp;origin=core-catalog-explore&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 17:46:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[American Prometheus]]></title><description><![CDATA[<b>THE INSPIRATION FOR THE ACADEMY AWARD®-WINNING MAJOR MOTION PICTURE OPPENHEIMER • "A riveting account of one of history’s most essential and paradoxical figures.”—Christopher Nolan</b><br><b>#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • The definitive biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century, a brilliant physicist who led the effort to build the atomic bomb for his country in a time of war, and who later found himself confronting the moral consequences of scientific progress.</b><br><b>A <i>Kirkus Reviews</i> Best Nonfiction Book of the Century</b><br>In this magisterial, acclaimed biography twenty-five years in the making, Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin capture Oppenheimer’s life and times, from his early career to his central role in the Cold War. This is biography and history at its finest, riveting and deeply informative.<br>“A masterful account of Oppenheimer’s rise and fall, set in the context of the turbulent decades of America’s own transformation. It is a tour de force.” —<i>Los Angeles Times Book Review</i><br>“A work of voluminous scholarship and lucid insight, unifying its multifaceted portrait with a keen grasp of Oppenheimer’s essential nature.... It succeeds in deeply fathoming his most damaging, self-contradictory behavior.” —<i>The New York Times</i>]]></description><link>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C449409</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C449409</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bird, Kai, Sherwin, Martin J.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/449409980</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780307424730/MC.GIF&amp;client=chicagoplb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gambling With Armageddon]]></title><description><![CDATA["From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer comes the first effort to set the Cuban Missile Crisis, with its potential for nuclear holocaust, in a wider historical narrative of the Cold War--how such a crisis arose, and why at the very last possible moment it didn't happen. In this groundbreaking look at the Cuban Missile Crisis, Martin Sherwin not only gives us a riveting sometimes hour-by-hour explanation of the crisis itself, but also explores the origins, scope, and consequences of the evolving place of nuclear weapons in the post WWII world. Mining new sources and materials, and going far beyond the scope of earlier works on this critical face-off between the United States and the Soviet Union--triggered when Khruschev began installing missiles in Cuba at Castro's behest--Sherwin shows how this volatile event was an integral part of the wider Cold War and was a consequence of nuclear arms.  Gambling with Armageddon looks in particular at the original debate in the Truman Administration about using the Atomic Bomb; the way in which President Eisenhower relied on the threat of massive retaliation to project U.S. power in the early Cold War era; and how President Kennedy, though unprepared to deal with the Bay of Pigs debacle, came of age during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Here too is a clarifying picture of what was going on in Khruschev's Soviet Union. Martin Sherwin has spent his career in the study of nuclear weapons and how they have shaped our world--Gambling with Armegeddon is an outstanding capstone to his work thus far"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2260699</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2260699</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sherwin, Martin J.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2260699126</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Nuclear Roulette From Hiroshima to the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1945-1962</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780307266880/MC.GIF&amp;client=chicagoplb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[A World Destroyed]]></title><link>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2308829</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2308829</guid><category><![CDATA[PAPERBACK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sherwin, Martin J.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2308829126</comments><format>PAPERBACK</format><subtitle>Hiroshima and Its Legacies</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780804739573/MC.GIF&amp;client=chicagoplb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[A World Destroyed]]></title><link>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C49457</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C49457</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sherwin, Martin J.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 1975 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/49457126</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Atomic Bomb and the Grand Alliance</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780394497945/MC.GIF&amp;client=chicagoplb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oppenheimer]]></title><description><![CDATA[The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.]]></description><link>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2557886</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2557886</guid><category><![CDATA[DVD]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2557886126</comments><format>DVD</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=/MC.GIF&amp;client=chicagoplb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=&amp;upc=191329253045</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[American Prometheus]]></title><link>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C1733632</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C1733632</guid><category><![CDATA[PAPERBACK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bird, Kai]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1733632126</comments><format>PAPERBACK</format><subtitle>The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780375726262/MC.GIF&amp;client=chicagoplb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[American Prometheus]]></title><link>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C1033007</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C1033007</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bird, Kai]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1033007126</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780375412028/MC.GIF&amp;client=chicagoplb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb]]></title><description><![CDATA["The #1 New York Times bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning book American Prometheus was the inspiration for the blockbuster film, OPPENHEIMER, and is now adapted for middle school readers"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2642279</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2642279</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Singer, Eric]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2642279126</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593856451/MC.GIF&amp;client=chicagoplb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prometeo Americano]]></title><description><![CDATA["El 16 de julio de 1945, en el desierto de Nuevo México, se detonaba en secreto la primera bomba atómica. Impactado por el poder destructivo de su creación, J. Robert Oppenheimer, director del Proyecto Manhattan, se comprometería desde entonces a luchar contra el desarrollo de la bomba de hidrógeno y contra la guerra nuclear.  Sospechoso de comunista para los Estados Unidos de la era McCarthy, fue perseguido por el FBI, calumniado como espía de la Unión Soviética y obligado a dimitir de cualquier función pública.  Su vida privada fue arrastrada del mismo modo hacia el esperpento; su casa fue allanada con micrófonos ocultos, y su teléfono, intervenido. No sería hasta 1963 que el presidente Kennedy lo rehabilitaría y, con ello, su figura obtendría otro cariz para los ciudadanos del mundo entero. Treinta años de entrevistas a familiares, amigos y colegas; de búsqueda en archivos del FBI; de análisis de las cintas con discursos e interrogatorios, y de hallazgos de documentos privados del físico nuclear dieron como resultado este monumental libro. Una biografía de una enorme minuciosidad que ofrece una visión íntima del científico más famoso de su generación; una de las figuras icónicas del siglo xx para quien el triunfo y la tragedia se unieron en un nudo gordiano."--Back flap of cover.]]></description><link>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2526856</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2526856</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[spa]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bird, Kai]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2526856126</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>el triunfo y la tragedia de J. Robert Oppenheimer</subtitle><language>spa</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9788418967986/MC.GIF&amp;client=chicagoplb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aobenhaimo Zhuan]]></title><link>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2566793</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2566793</guid><category><![CDATA[PAPERBACK]]></category><category><![CDATA[chi]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bird, Kai]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2566793126</comments><format>PAPERBACK</format><subtitle>American prometheus : the triumph and tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer / Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin ; Wang Bing yi</subtitle><language>chi</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9787521758801/MC.GIF&amp;client=chicagoplb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oppenheimer]]></title><description><![CDATA["Nagrodzona Pulitzerem, wybitna biografia ojca bomby atomowej. Po zrzuceniu przez Amerykanów bomby atomowej na Hiroszimę, Robert Oppenheimer okrzyknięty został najsłynniejszym naukowcem swego pokolenia. Dla wielu stał się także współczesnym ucieleśnieniem mitu o Prometeuszu, człowiekiem zmagającym się z konsekwencjami postępu naukowego, do którego przyłożył rękę. Pierwsza połowa XX wieku była złotym okresem fizyki teoretycznej, jednak obserwując w praktyce konsekwencje własnych odkryć, Oppenheimer stanowczo sprzeciwił się dalszemu rozwojowi broni atomowej, w szczególności bomby wodorowej. Krytykował plany sił powietrznych dotyczące potencjalnego przeprowadzenia niewyobrażalnie niebezpiecznej dla ludzkości wojny nuklearnej. Książka dogłębnie przedstawia życie i czasy Roberta Oppenheimera, ujawniając wiele zdumiewających i bezprecedensowych szczegółów, intryg i napięć. To portret genialnego i ambitnego, a zarazem złożonego i pełnego wad człowieka, który na zawsze zmienił świat." -- Polonia.com]]></description><link>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2582147</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2582147</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[pol]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bird, Kai]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2582147126</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>triumf i tragedia ojca bomby atomowej</subtitle><language>pol</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9788367295383/MC.GIF&amp;client=chicagoplb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jonathan Schell]]></title><link>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2244681</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S126C2244681</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Schell, Jonathan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2244681126</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Fate of the Earth, the Abolition, the Unconquerable World</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781598536584/MC.GIF&amp;client=chicagoplb&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item></channel></rss>