Clumsiness in the lab and fascination with quantum mechanics led him to theoretical physics where he excelled. Monk (Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius) captures Oppenheimer's zeal a Harvard undergraduate dividing his time between chemistry and literature%E2%80%94until he discovered physics. Born in 1904 to a well-off German Jewish family, Oppenheimer had a sheltered childhood and grew into an unrepentant "intellectual snob", putting mas-tery above sociability. While previous biographies have examined Oppenheimer's philosophy and politics, Monk's work stands apart for its attention to his work in physics.
It's difficult to find a more complicated figure in 20th century physics than J.
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