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atombender · 2018-08-22
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Superb book, perhaps the finest non-fiction book I've had the pleasure of reading. I love the way he is able to create a narrative that goes all the way back to H. G. Wells to find its roots.
Rhodes' follow-up, "Dark Sun: The Making Of The Hydrogen Bomb", basically continues the story where TMAB left off. The narrative gets a bit more fractured and factual, focused on the question of how to safeguard nuclear weapons and what their political/military/diplomatic purpose is. But it does wrap up the J. Robert Oppenheimer story.
Once one has read these two, I strongly recommend "American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer" [2] by Bird and Sherwin. Also extremely well written.
[1] https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Sun-Making-Hydrogen-Bomb/dp/0684...
[2] https://www.amazon.com/American-Prometheus-Triumph-Tragedy-O...
gregd · 2013-08-09
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I also highly recommend reading the book, American Prometheus.
http://www.amazon.com/American-Prometheus-Triumph-Tragedy-Op...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Prometheus
It doesn’t get mentioned much but is highly rated on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/American-Prometheus-Triumph-Tragedy-O...