Martin J. Sherwin

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author biographical book historian history book human university professor

Martin J. Sherwin was an American historian and Pulitzer Prize–winning co-author of the biography "American Prometheus," which chronicles the life of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer.

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Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography ⓘ
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University of California, Los Angeles ⓘ
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Princeton University ⓘ
Tufts College ⓘ
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Walter S. Dickson Professor of English and American History at Tufts University ⓘ
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spouse Susan Sherwin ⓘ

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Oppenheimer (2023 film) → basedOnAuthor → Martin J. Sherwin ⓘ
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer → author → Martin J. Sherwin ⓘ
Kai Bird → coAuthorWith → Martin J. Sherwin ⓘ
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subject surface form: A World Destroyed
A World Destroyed → author → Martin J. Sherwin ⓘ