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American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
by Martin J. Sherwin, Kai Bird
A great account of an incredibly interesting and complex person. Genuinely my favourite non-ficton book this year. Unlike many biographies or even autobiographies I've read, the authors capture that Oppenheimer was human at his core. He made mistakes, had flaws, had both admirers and enemies and adapted to his situation (sometimes poorly). The Oppenheimer that came to Europe and the Oppenheimer that left Los Alamos were men with different purposes.