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What book is currently on your nightstand?
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Who is the author?
Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin
What genre?
Biography
How do you like it?
Excellent Book! It’s long, and it’s somewhat heavy reading, in light of it’s rather serious subject matter - building a weapon of mass destruction, dealing with McCarthyism. I’ve been at it over a month, but I appreciate that I can look at the cast list for the movie (which is based on this book), and recognize all of the character names! The authors definitely turned over every stone on studying the man - the book was about 25 years in the making - and the meticulousness shows.
Would you recommend it to others?
If you’re a history buff, definitely. For a more casual reader, it may be a bit much, though if you stick with it, you get a lot of fascinating stories.