American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

wow. what made me love this book so so much were the tiny details that gave away so much about oppie’s (and others’) characters:

As the director at Los Alamos he’d answer the switchboard operator’s ‘this is Dotty’ with ‘this is Oppy’.

I love this biography.

Incredible book. As others have mentioned, it was thoroughly well-researched and yet written with so much heart and emotion. Readers will walk away with much to ponder and wonder about, perhaps even prompting a bit of a research-driven deep dive of their own.