Books by Ray Monk

Having formed suspicious connections in the 1930s, in the wake of the Allied victory in World War Two, Oppenheimer's attempts to resist the escalation of the Cold War arms race would lead many to question his loyalties - and set him on a collision course with Senator Joseph McCarthy and his witch hunters.

'Ray Monk here presents what is surely the best short introduction to the work of this wonderful thinker' John Banville, Irish Times

In this biography of Wittgenstein, the author interleaves the philosophical and emotional aspects of his subject's life.