The book is enjoyable overall, though some parts feel tedious due to the overwhelming information, especially for non-physicists. Is it a compelling story? Sure. At twice the necessary length, it detracts from its purpose.
2/5
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Started reading #AmericanPrometheus before Chris Nolan’s Oppenheimer hit the theaters.
Finishing the last pages now, Robert was Prescient in his fears of Nuclear Escalation,& its Ramifications. #WWIII
“Wartime compelled some mild-mannered men to contemplate what was once unthinkable”
#KaiBird #MartinSherwin #AmericanPrometheus
“indifference to the sufferings one causes . . . is the terrible and permanent form of cruelty.”
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Kai Bird is a prolific biographer, most known for #AmericanPrometheus which won a Pulitzer and was the basis for #Oppenheimer. I got the chance to talk to him on #RecollectingCarter about his most recent book "The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter"
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Audiobook #BookReview #SixFour #HideoYokoyama #Jaws #PeterBenchley #AbroadInJapan #ChrisBroad #Oppenheimer #AmericanPrometheus #WindsweptAndInteresting #BillyConnolly #Biography #Autobiography #Japan
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Book cover - American Prometheus. The triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer A photo of "Oppy" wearing a Patty hat, and dangling a cigarette from his mouth. Shirt and Tie inside his jacket.
Awhile ago, I heard "Chapter 22" @cr8tivecandy.bsky.social but I could be well past that, by now. Before 1940, he reminded me of Dr. Sheldon Cooper! After the *gadget* he's not the same man. #Audiobook #Oppenheimer #AmericanPrometheus #Books
(I have to pull away for an hour to do my Heardles)
