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sydneygoodness 's review for:
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
by Martin J. Sherwin, Kai Bird
really really glad i picked this back up. my relationship with this book is two pronged: 1) i think the us government is probably the worst villain in the world, and the systemic issues rising from ww2 of reactionary violence towards socialist movements have negative effects we still feel the intense ripples of today. and in a powerful and sad way, lewis strauss' crusade against oppenheimer set the example for how scientists are treated by the government. 2) oppy is so cool and he's so me lol. just a freak of a chill dude whose downfall was he had a lot of cool friends. i would do anything to be able to sit at a dinner with him or attend a lecture by him.
i also think that i need to read a few hiroshima/nagasaki memoirs. since that wasn't the focus of the book i won't begrudge bird's relative glossing over it, because i also think that oppy himself chose not to think about it too too much.
i also think that i need to read a few hiroshima/nagasaki memoirs. since that wasn't the focus of the book i won't begrudge bird's relative glossing over it, because i also think that oppy himself chose not to think about it too too much.