2005 National Book Critics Circle Award – Biography Winner
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin
J. Robert Oppenheimer is 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 pr…
2005 National Book Critics Circle Award – Biography Shortlist
Lee Miller: A Life
Carolyn Burke
Like a Fiery Elephant: The Story of B.S. Johnson
Jonathan Coe
Mark Twain: A Life
Ron Powers
