Podcast HackOppenheimer: The Father of the Atom BombBy The Rest Is History, Tom Holland, Dominic Sandbrook
In a Nutshell
In this June 2023 episode of The Rest is History podcast, hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook explore the early life of 'the father of the atom bomb,' J. Robert Oppenheimer.
Favorite Quote
We are talking about one of the cleverest men who seems ever to have lived.
Tom Holland
Introduction
What type of person do you think 'the father of the atom bomb' was?
J. Robert Oppenheimer's early biography reveals that he was a genius, a de facto communist, and an outcast with violent and disturbing urges.
The Rest is History podcast, hosted by historians Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook, explores pivotal events of the past and their impact on the present.
In this June 2022 episode, Holland and Sandbrook discuss Oppenheimer's early life against the backdrop of Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin's 2005 biography American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer.
Bird and Sherwin's book inspired director Christopher Nolan's 2023 biopic Oppenheimer about 'the father of the atom bomb.'
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