Lawrence and Oppenheimer
by Nuel Pharr Davis · first published 1968
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Having read waaaay too many books about the development of the atomic bomb, I have to say that my favorite is Lawrence and Oppenheimer by Davis. It tells the story of two strong willed scientists, the competing methods that they were pushing for isotope separation, and how the intersection of personality, science & engineering, and…
on “Ask HN: Recommendations on books and documentaries on tech companies/people?” ↗…Boris Pash, who saw communists everywhere and wanted to purge them, and John Lansdale, who defined a communist as "someone more loyal to Russia" than to the United States. This is described endlessly in "Lawrence and Oppenheimer" (written in the 1960s) and the more recent Oppenheimer biography "Inside the Center" by Ray Monk. I expect American Prometheus goes into all of it too, but I haven't read it. The Monk biography leaves…
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