Oppenheimer has become a folk hero. Kids should embrace his complexity Oppenheimer was first a brilliant scientist, then a war hero, then a political traitor, then a nobody, then a martyr, now a cultural icon. He must be taught about in his full complexity.

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First, for @ericssinger.bsky.social, now that Oppenheimer has become a folk hero, he must be taught about in his full complexity.

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'Great Enough to Blow Any City Off the Map’: On Site at the First Nuclear Explosion The men who set off the nuclear age tell the tale in their own words.

Eighty years ago, Oppenheimer and his crew changed warfare — and the world — with the first atomic bomb.

The people behind the Manhattan Project tell the tale in their own words, assembled by journalist and historian
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Please join me at Page 1 Books in #Albuquerque on Sunday, 7/20, at 10:00 a.m. for a short reading and signing of Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb. page1book.com/events/46594

Opinion | ‘Catching it on our tongues’: How 12 girls became the first atomic bomb victims The Trinity nuclear test was not conducted on barren, uninhabited land.

"The disturbing truth is that the eight-decade-old nuclear age has yielded an untold number of victims around the world," Eric S. Singer writes. wapo.st/3IvwocK

Opinion | ‘Catching it on our tongues’: How 12 girls became the first atomic bomb victims The Trinity nuclear test was not conducted on barren, uninhabited land.

Just wrote about the human impact in @washingtonpost.com wapo.st/4lHGRQU

Wednesday marks the 80th anniversary of the Trinity Test, the first ever human-controlled nuclear explosion.

On July 16, 1945, J. Robert Oppenheimer and a team of scientists detonated an atomic bomb on the Alamogordo Bombing Range in New Mexico as part of the Manhattan Project.

Right. Odds were “near zero” according to Bethe. Oppenheimer was worried enough to go to meet with Compton personally in Michigan.

he was a complicated guy

Opinion | The atomic bomb’s first victims deserve to be remembered The Trinity nuclear test was not conducted on barren, uninhabited land.

Tomorrow is the 80th anniversary of the world's first atomic bomb test. I wrote about its human impact in today's @washingtonpost.com. wapo.st/44vNOP1 #trinity #oppenheimermovie #nukesky

Books and Bites: Author Talk with Eric Singer Educator and historian Eric Singer, will discuss his acclaimed new biography, Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb.

#baltimore people! Join me on Wednesday 7/16 at noon to talk about #oppenheimer and the atomic bomb. It will coincide with the 80th anniversary of the Trinity test so should be a very lively discussion! RSVP here: associated.org/event/books-... #charmcity

Science, Ethics & Faith Collide! Award winning authors reveal how kids' books about atomic bombs & ocean depths can change the world. Buckle up for the most mind-blowing podcast episode EVER! #ReadingWithYourKids #ChildrensBooks #STEM #MindBlownhttps://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/id/37055980

Book Review: Oppenheimer for kids The book American Prometheus clocks in at 721 pages. The film version, Oppenheimer, runs for 3 hours. Both tell the fascinating history of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer and the development of the at...

Joan Baum of @NPR.org affiliate @WSHU.org reviews Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb: Young Readers Edition of American Prometheus

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Why Oppenheimer’s story is so important for kids to read today, right now. From p. 249 of the #American Prometheus adaptation #Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb #booksky #nukesky

Hey #Buffalo! Just found out you can now buy Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb at @talkingleavesbooks.bsky.social tleavesbooks.com/book/9780593...

Can’t wait to see this. I spent some time telling downwinder stories in the American Prometheus young readers adaptation. Just astounding what they have been subjected to.

Nice! Amazing that the film has become such a cultural sensation.

Yeah it’s crazy. We have the ability to destroy 300,000 Hiroshimas today.

Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb spotting, Barnes and Noble, Gaithersburg, Maryland @barnesandnoble.com

Thank you to @slj.com for deeming Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb “a strong choice for nonfiction shelves and as a curricular tie-in due to the significance of the subject’s contribution to science and world history.” www.slj.com/review/oppen...

OPPENHEIMER AND THE ATOMIC BOMB by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, adapted by Eric Singer book cover and description image

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Congratulations!!

I was telling these kids the other day that they have to not just think about the implications of their work, but imagine the unintended implications. They wanted to know if Oppenheimer did.The answer?It’s complicated.. he experienced competing pressures.It’s hard to see clearly through wind and fog

Wow. Really excited about this.

Can’t wait to read this one. So much great nuclear age material coming out this year.

Can’t wait to read this

Sachi Komura Rummel was eight when the atomic bomb fell on Hiroshima just 3km away.

Rummel has since written a memoir, and will share her experience on Wednesday at the North Vancouver City Library: www.nvcl.ca/events/hiros...

That is what soldiers were told, but Truman knew the Japanese would be finished when the Soviets entered the war. From his diary, “Fini Japs when that comes about.” Even if an invasion had occurred, which it wouldn’t have bc the Soviets entered on 8/8, estimates were for 46,000 American casualties.

Yes, absolutely right. I wrote about that in my adaptation of American Prometheus. It’s what enabled the US to develop it as quickly as it did.. for better or worse.

#Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb library shelf sighting, #Ventnor, #NJ Public Library!