American Prometheus

The Star Tribune published an interesting review of American Prometheus, a new bio on J. Robert Oppenheimer. May have to add it to my burgeoning backlogged reading list. Strange and fascinating genius, to be sure:

"...The Army so distrusted Oppenheimer that they bugged, tailed and harrassed him before, during and after the Manhattan Project -- for which he received his security clearance only after the project was well underway. After the bomb was developed and the war won, Oppenheimer became dispensible to the establishment at a time he felt most like contributing..."

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