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

5.0

Fascinating book that paints a rather complicated and somewhat baffling picture of a man. It makes the movie Oppenheimer seem that much worse, to be honest. His whole life flattened down without anything that made him actually interesting.

While the atomic bomb is the centerpiece here, for obvious reasons, what surrounds that period of his life is the real interesting part. What kind of man became the father of the atom bomb and then would go on to speak out against its use and proliferation.

Definitely worthwhile if you like knowing about the FBI, McCarthyism, and science history.