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Oppenheimer: Birth of the Atomic Age with Kai Bird
StarTalk Radio
The Biography of Jay Robert Oppenheimer
This chapter explores the significance of biographies as a form of history and delves into the meticulous process of writing them, focusing on the biography of physicist Jay Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb. It examines the implications of Oppenheimer's role in the creation of atomic weapons and draws parallels between him, Prometheus, and Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein'.
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