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Before the film comes out, I thought I’d make a biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer to prepare for that. He was the father of the atom bomb, but later in life turned against the arms race and much more destructive hydrogen bomb, which cost him dearly. This led to a McCarthyite inquisition that revoked his clearance and made him a martyr. That’s why one biography labeled Oppy “the American Prometheus,” for he was the man who brought nuclear fire and was cursed for it. It’s a helluva story.
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*Bibliography*
Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, _American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer_ (New York: Vintage Books, 2006). amzn.to/3MYgBTv
Campbell Craig and Sergey Radchenko, _The Atomic Bomb and the Origins of the Cold War_ (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University, 2008). amzn.to/35cXFdF
Richard Rhodes, The Making of the Atomic Bomb, with new foreword (1986; New York: Simon and Schuster, 2012). amzn.to/3qcKUgm
Eric Schlosser, _Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety_ (New York: Penguin Books, 2013). amzn.to/3MFP8EX
Ferenc Morton Szasz, _The Day the Sun Rose Twice: The Story of the Trinity Site Nuclear Explosion_ (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1984). amzn.to/3MCKHe7
Tom Zoellner, _Uranium: War, Energy, and the Rock that Shaped the World_ (New York: Viking, 2009). amzn.to/43rvZgO
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Connected videos
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Nuclear mishaps: youtu.be/mVIFmAae_8w
End of history: youtu.be/ouMs9HeJgM8
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Wiki: Julius Robert Oppenheimer[note 1] (/ˈɒpənˌhaɪmər/; April 22, 1904 – February 18, 1967) was an American theoretical physicist. He was the director of the Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II, and is often credited as the "father of the atomic bomb" for his role in the Manhattan Project, the research and development undertaking that created the first nuclear weapons
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Before the film comes out, I thought I’d make a biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer to prepare for that. He was the father of the atom bomb, but later in life turned against the arms race and much more destructive hydrogen bomb, which cost him dearly. This led to a McCarthyite inquisition that revoked his clearance and made him a martyr. That’s why one biography labeled Oppy “the American Prometheus,” for he was the man who brought nuclear fire and was cursed for it. It’s a helluva story.
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*Bibliography*
Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, _American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer_ (New York: Vintage Books, 2006). amzn.to/3MYgBTv
Campbell Craig and Sergey Radchenko, _The Atomic Bomb and the Origins of the Cold War_ (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University, 2008). amzn.to/35cXFdF
Richard Rhodes, The Making of the Atomic Bomb, with new foreword (1986; New York: Simon and Schuster, 2012). amzn.to/3qcKUgm
Eric Schlosser, _Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety_ (New York: Penguin Books, 2013). amzn.to/3MFP8EX
Ferenc Morton Szasz, _The Day the Sun Rose Twice: The Story of the Trinity Site Nuclear Explosion_ (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1984). amzn.to/3MCKHe7
Tom Zoellner, _Uranium: War, Energy, and the Rock that Shaped the World_ (New York: Viking, 2009). amzn.to/43rvZgO
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Connected videos
George F. Kennan: youtu.be/umyl07IRS-8
Nuclear mishaps: youtu.be/mVIFmAae_8w
End of history: youtu.be/ouMs9HeJgM8
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Wiki: Julius Robert Oppenheimer[note 1] (/ˈɒpənˌhaɪmər/; April 22, 1904 – February 18, 1967) was an American theoretical physicist. He was the director of the Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II, and is often credited as the "father of the atomic bomb" for his role in the Manhattan Project, the research and development undertaking that created the first nuclear weapons
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Hashtags: #history #oppenheimer #ManhattanProject
