scotland_yard 's review for:

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

5.0

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

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Gripping read. Masterfully written and incredibly informative and detailed - there is so much side context on Oppenheimer's acquaintances and the war and particularly the red scare of the 50s, which was very nice and contextualised Oppenheimer so well. It really makes you ponder too about humanity, power, the past, and the future.