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American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Martin J. Sherwin, Kai Bird
5.0
Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin's American Prometheus recounts the life of one of the most instrumental figures of the modern world. The legend of Robert Oppenheimer is brought to life with such thoroughness and colour that it is deservesing of the utmost praise
One of the most amazing things about the book is the sheer amount of information that it provides to the readers. It amazes the mind the amount of research and first hand interviews that had to be conducted in writing of this book. And then to bring it all together in a coherent way. And then above all to make it interesting for the readers.
For a single incident, the authors provide comments from multiple people, going back and forth and finally settling on a final narrative. and there are dozens of such incidents. The most prominent is the Le Chavelier affair which takes up a whole chapter of the book and is endlessly repeated striking its importance to the readers.
The other thing the writers do so well is to bring the whole environment to life. The events are so throughly described that that one feels being in the room with Oppie as he struggled through his security hearing, and as he rode horseback at Perro Caliente and later as he enjoyed his summers at St. Johns Island.
One of the most amazing things about the book is the sheer amount of information that it provides to the readers. It amazes the mind the amount of research and first hand interviews that had to be conducted in writing of this book. And then to bring it all together in a coherent way. And then above all to make it interesting for the readers.
For a single incident, the authors provide comments from multiple people, going back and forth and finally settling on a final narrative. and there are dozens of such incidents. The most prominent is the Le Chavelier affair which takes up a whole chapter of the book and is endlessly repeated striking its importance to the readers.
The other thing the writers do so well is to bring the whole environment to life. The events are so throughly described that that one feels being in the room with Oppie as he struggled through his security hearing, and as he rode horseback at Perro Caliente and later as he enjoyed his summers at St. Johns Island.