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Listening to AMERICAN PROMETHEUS: THE TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY OF J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER (2005) - written by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, and narrated by Jeff Cummings

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Prometheus

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Cover art for audiobook American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer. It shows a sepia-toned portrait photo of the upper torso of Oppenheimer in middle-age, who wears a suit and tie and holds a partially-smoked cigarette in his left hand. Behind him are vertical strips of lightly-colored 6" wood panels. Oppenheimer seems to have a neutral expression. The cover art is separated into three horizontal colors of the American flag (from top to bottom): solid blue border; off-white color at center; and solid red border.

Text:
Top, in smaller white block letters on a blue background:
THE INSPIRATION FOR THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE OPPENHEIMER

Center, the text in block letters follows a circular pattern around the head of Oppenheimer:
AMERICAN PROMETHEUS (red font)
KAI BIRD AND MARTIN J. SHERWIN (white font with red border)

At center, horizontally dividing the circle in tiny black block letters (together with the circular text it sort of resembles the Demon Core) on either side of Oppenheimer:
READ BY JEFF CUMMINGS
UNABRIDGED

At bottom, in medium-sized white block letters:
THE TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY OF
J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER

Footer text, in slightly smaller beige block letters:
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE

Alex Wellerstein om Nolans Oppenheimer
Alex Wellerstein skriver bra om Nolans Oppenheimerfilm.
http://www.gustavholmberg.com/tomrum/2023/09/01/alex-wellerstein-om-nolans-oppenheimer/
#vetenskapshistoria #AlexWellerstein #BrianNolan #J.RobertOppenheimer #KaiBird #MartinJ.Sherwin

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Oppenheimer biographer supports US bill to bar use of AI in nuclear launches
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jul/21/ai-nuclear-weapons-kai-bird-oppenheimer-author?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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#AI

“#Oppenheimer was destroyed by a political movement characterized by rank know-nothing, anti-intellectual, xenophobic demagogues. The witch-hunters of that season are the direct ancestors of our current political actors of a certain paranoid style.” #KaiBird, author of #AmericanPrometheus

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/17/opinion/kai-bird-oppenheimer-christopher-nolan.html?unlocked_article_code=23CRF5wLvJP0uFtP8a2cBX1QJEyYS_6j-Jn7zqCjZAzxwxt1_hmV_9k0N9IRjr0mursmG9zfkSe_AqHoHg5Wwhs5PfARcrx_XYiGlQQE012u3IjXR_SbBCp6uTi7xb-ECoi_0MkFexEwqOEScoF3le2SWbMVyUjfucDj0fmFoQH0uaUYi4r0U-cb18IEieEHvF-q1cL251BPWqxb9iZH6ofCog3u1lIZGztiDfujKP1U5HqbiCzU8p5hzCIUBPIZIChuLM8bX4xxRyGjTc-qeVoLnQeQNcAa-cYdbKh4DFYAJrLo5lEB5Ke4c4zdGngcp8U53kaDt4_VufmhOOXKj9mN4WYc0PfTWCQ_63kDqI4&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

As I get close to finishing American Prometheus, a piece from one of its authors on Oppenheimer, ignorance & arrogance, and the ongoing legacy of those who kneecapped - nigh on decapitated - a scientist; "we've had enough of experts" is an example of Britain's (small c) conservatives following America's right wing lead to this day.
If you shoot the messenger, you'll find out too late what they had to say.

#Oppenheimer #KaiBird
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/17/opinion/kai-bird-oppenheimer-christopher-nolan.html?unlocked_article_code=Wg1jhlDLZcJ8N7c0GtRj4lmilfbSc9GYqof3uoBR1jlhOs5GPxBlQOtN_AmcdNgCIhPN6w-eU8_qYd3BsWNr23RDdtMwZ6M7SB300hkoPl-DObKZIUfFyaG-Yg7uRUMCiSzZe69WMOUp0uBxVvscChTspi58IYGhI4VID6vOGoWeeTqb0vDrIg19QWK1Il_cbo05sQRvkYI-SoK9wn93ZfPqmHXohgTcXIIE7UKouSyYJFTkIbkq6KYHr7WK1xuiEZnVI57MTL-sWktrAIC-vAvUOwlY2rcTJBb0kLWKoMkCycuHHW6s87icfpZNnMGJXLbQqI9v36ovb-QsxIE6qYe2HCOtiyhcSe8mbIcoU9E&smid=nytcore-android-share

#NowReading American Prometheus - by #KaiBird

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J. Robert Oppenheimer, säkerhet och politik från 1930-tal till 1950-tal
Jag håller på att läsa Birds och Sherwins Oppenheimerbiografi, och 250 sidor in i boken är det ett slags påbörjad inläsning inför sommarens fil
http://www.gustavholmberg.com/tomrum/2023/06/08/j-robert-oppenheimer-sakerhet-och-politik-fran-1930-tal-till-1950-tal/
#vetenskapshistoria #AlexWellerstein #detkallakriget #J.RobertOppenheimer #KaiBird #Manhattanprojektet #MartinJ.Sherwin #RestrictedData #vetenskapshistoria

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