readmo 's review for:

American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Martin J. Sherwin, Kai Bird

3.0

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i wrote and entire review for this and then the app crashed so - overall would recommend if you’re interested but don’t expect too much beyond the movie during the timeline the movie covers, the only large chunks of additional information is his early childhood in the very beginning and his life through to his death after he was denied his security clearance in the very end - especially the latter was actually very interesting with a lot of extra context around the whole oppenheimer family with kitty and the kids and such and even more details on strauss but in a much less dramatic way than the movie obviously. any other small details in between weren’t really notable as the movie was surprising really true to the book even though it wasn’t technically and adaption of this. but incredibly well researched and very digestible to readers even though it was dry and textbookish im glad i can check this off my list and feel like an intellectual