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S'està carregant… American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (2005)de Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin
![]() No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. Quite detailed coverage of Oppy's life, maybe even at points overly detailed in that I'm not sure some of it helped further reveal anything meaningful about his character. Should I suspect in the capable hands of Nolan make for an interesting movie. ( ![]() A powerful and expertly researched biography of Robert Oppenheimer. Possibly the definitive biography of Oppie to date. AMERICAN PROMETHEUS is a very thorough study and the footnotes are legit. It gives a lot of crucial insight into a complicated, complex historical figure. It's a thick book but it reads so well, you'll barely notice it's over 700 pages. I highly recommend reading this alongside a book like 109 EAST PALACE for more context to the Los Alamos section of Oppenheimer's life. Very long (27 hours) I managed to find this book fascinating and way too long. It was very well researched but lack a strong narrative arc to hold all the detail together. That said, I'm glad I stuck with it because it gave me insights into the way the scientists working on the atomic bomb deal with the moral issues surrounding the rise of nuclear weapons. The book also provides a sobering reminder of government power left unchecked. I only wish there had been more about Mr. Oppenheimer's visit to Japan. It must have had some impact on him, and likely raised some controversy in Japan??? Bottom line: worth reading and provides food for thought. This book was equally fascinating and way too long. Much of it was a he said / he said recounting. I'm glad that the book was exhaustively researched, but I would have easily taken the authors' word for it. Maybe replacing some of the main text as end notes instead would have eased my suffering. Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
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