I can't recommend Richard Rhodes' The Making of the Atomic Bomb highly enough. It is the authoritative account of the Manhattan Project, pre-War atomic physics, and the moral quandary of scientific involvement in weapons development. I've also had the Oppenheimer biography American Prometheus on my shelf for a long time, I plan on reading it next (before seeing the movie).
this film looks (and sounds) amazing. I would give it a run through with my eyes shut just to listen to the sound engineering.
ReplyDeleteI can't recommend Richard Rhodes' The Making of the Atomic Bomb highly enough. It is the authoritative account of the Manhattan Project, pre-War atomic physics, and the moral quandary of scientific involvement in weapons development. I've also had the Oppenheimer biography American Prometheus on my shelf for a long time, I plan on reading it next (before seeing the movie).
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