Book American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
The Book review is in our parts 1) General book review 2) Part II, Areas not covered in the film 3) Part III: Interaction of Oppenheimer with top Physicists 4) Part IV: Interaction of Oppenheimer with top Physicists Part I: Authors and the book : American Prometheus’ by Kai Bird (Author), Martin J. Sherwin (Author): It took a rare collaboration between two indefatigable writers — and 25 years — to write the prizewinning Oppenheimer biography that inspired the film. This Pulitzer Prize-winning book reflects on Oppenheimer’s life and his contribution to the development of the atomic bomb. It brings to light the dramatic interplay of science, politics, and personality that shaped the mid-20th century. One of the best scientific biographies to appear in recent years, It is an intense book with many details covering the complex personality of the genius scientist versatile in arts and science and many subjects, Oppenheimer, aka father of the Atomic bomb. One of the author