Saturday, September 30, 2006

 
I'm just starting to make a dent in "American Prometheus", a sweeping biography of Robert Oppenheimer. The physicist who oversaw the development of the atomic bomb was persecuted as a communist and ultimately stripped of his security clearance. It's hard to read the book without thinking of our current political climate and the dark path we've started down.

# posted by Jonathan Potts @ 6:54 AM
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You may also want to check out "Brotherhood of the Bomb". In it the author offers evidence that Opie was actually a member of a secret Communist group while at Berkley.

Thanks for the link as well.
# posted by Blogger djhlights : 5:43 PM
 
The authors of "American Prometheus" discuss that possibility. So far I'm only up to about 1941. (the year, not the page.)

You're welcome. That was an excellent post.
# posted by Blogger Jonathan Potts : 6:25 AM
 
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