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File Size: 7675 KB

Print Length: 721 pages

Publisher: Vintage; Reprint edition (December 18, 2007)

Publication Date: December 18, 2007

Sold by: Random House LLC

Language: English

ASIN: B000XUBEYS

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I bought this book used. But doesn't much matter. One of the most enlightening and provocative books I have read. Opened my eyes to how our Government in those days basically ruined a man who had previous developed a bomb that defeated Japan. It gave me a totally different impression of Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower. What a tragic loss for a brilliant scientist like Robert Oppenheimer. In the end, unfortunately, his bad habit of chain smoking ended his life. It was sad that his ashes now sit on the bottom of the ocean near St. John. There are few, unfortunately, who come along and make a difference in this world, and Oppenheimer is one of them. Had it not been for him, we might not be living at all. The H-bomb could have wiped us off the face of the earth, and he fought valiantly to make sure that did not happen. God speed, Robert and rest in peace. Thanks to the authors who brought this man to us to admire, at least for a while.

Excellent. Not just a thorough biography of the man and his family and work, but also at the same time a history of the development of the atomic bomb. What is good is the objective treatment of the author of the realization in later years that WW2 was already ending and the bomb was used for political and military purposes, meaning, to beat the Russians from getting a part of Japan involvement and the actually damage that can occur from such a weapon, and that it was used twice, when once was more than enough. How Oppenheimer voiced his opinion against weapons proliferation was used against him and ruined his health in later years. He could have accomplished more in atomic research but political opponents would not allow him. Oppenheimer persevered and was given an award by President Johnson, but hardly enough for the persecution he endured. The tragedy of his children's lives was the result of their having to deal with the repercussions father Oppenheimer endured from members of government and military and even of his own scientific community. He was a victim of the Joe McCarthy era of suspected communist affiliation of many, although this was a weapon his opponents used due to envy of his accomplishments and his dedication to physics. He never got a Nobel Prize, but several of his students did.

Bird and Sherwin have produced what must be the definitive biography of Robert Oppenheimer, finding his unique personality and his remarkable gifts in every facet of his life, from childhood to scientific/political triumph to his persecuted twilight. The book - 25 years in the making! - is exhaustively researched and illuminates the trajectory of his life in intimate detail from beginning to end.Oppenheimer's reputation, of course, rests on his unprecedented and unequaled achievement in planning and running the Manhattan Project to its final earth-shaking success in August 1945, and secondarily on his post-war role as sachem of nuclear policy and his political destruction by Cold War hawks who resented his warnings about the threat to peace from unlimited nuclear competition. But Bird and Sherwin give each stage of Oppenheimer's life its due, including his gilded childhood, his troubled educational years, his rise to scientific prominence as the reigning American exponent of the new physics in the 1930s, and finally his mordant recasting as, essentially, speaker for the dead in the unstoppable post-war madness. Though Oppenheimer's life, from the late '30s on, was shaped and dominated by the atomic bomb he birthed and regretted, each successive period in that life was filled with its own personal drama and with the characteristically quirky incidents in which Oppenheimer tended to enmesh himself, and which said so much about his complex personality. The result is a comprehensive and balanced reading of the man through the whole of his life; the Manhattan Project and its aftermath loom large, as they have to, but they do not obscure the fact that there was a real person underneath those historic events, and that person comes through in a rich, subtle, and - inevitably - somewhat inconclusive portrait.The authors do not shy away from writing their own opinions into the story, giving reasonable interpretations of the many controversial incidents in Oppenheimer's life, but which are clearly interpretations nevertheless. The book is deeply researched and the events are reported with clear and extensive factual support; it is easy to read their reconstructions of the history as authoritative. It is necessary to remind oneself that other interpretations are possible, however compelling these authors are in their presentation. At the same time, the authors are open about identifying their own interpretations as such; the material seems fairly and honestly presented, and the authors' conclusions are convincing.The story of the Manhattan Project has been told many times, and this volume adds little to what is already known, though it illuminates the terrible strain of the project on Oppenheimer in a powerful way. The dramatic story of the Trinity test is told here in personalized fragments of detail about numerous individuals - rather than a technical focus on the Gadget - that gives that history a new and unique meaning. The treatment of the AEC investigation that led to Oppenheimer being stripped of his security clearance and government advisory role is perhaps the strongest part of the whole book - a tour de force of historical research, reportorial detail, and logical interpretation that makes it abundantly clear how shockingly dishonest that process was, and what a contrived and deliberate campaign of personal destruction drove it. Throughout, Oppenheimer's fascinating and often self-destructive personality is illuminated in intriguing detail. There is no part of the volume that does not make fascinating reading.It seems likely that "American Prometheus" will be the touchstone biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer for the foreseeable future (and, probably, forever: this will likely be the last major such work grounded so fully on primary research among surviving figures from Oppenheimer's life). It is strongly recommended to anyone with an interest in Oppenheimer as a person, as a scientist, and as a world figure. It is not a major contribution to the history of the Manhattan Project in its practical aspects, but does illuminate many of the personalities involved and life on "the Hill" during the project. It is exhaustive and authoritative on the subject of Oppenheimer's pre-war political dalliances and his post-war persecution. All in all, it is a moving, compelling, often heart-breaking study of an unique, difficult, indispensable American.

I've been reading a lot of biography lately, from Washington to Einstein, Jobs to Truman, and so far I've had good luck (thanks in large part to these Amazon reviews!) so I figure I'd give a brief review here. American Prometheus is quite a good read; never really dragging, and equally balanced between the importance of Oppie ('the Triumph') and his relationship with S-1 and 'the gadget,' to his later hearing with the Grey Board and (spoilers!) revocation of his security clearance ('the Tragedy'). While perhaps I don't know Oppie as well as I know Harry S Truman, Bird did an exceptional job of portraying the younger Oppie (in my opinion, the most important and difficult part of a biography) in order to fully appreciate his older self. Highly recommended as a biography, a history, and a scientific read.

I saw a documentary about the Manhattan Project and it stoked my interest in this biography. It was very eye opening how easily the government could turn someone from hero to villain. It would have been interesting to see what would have happened if Oppenheimer has lived longer. The tragedy of his family life was vey painful to read.

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