This chapter delves into the parallels between the political attacks on public health officials during the pandemic and the questioning of Oppenheimer's integrity in the past. It also explores the role of a book and a film in addressing current societal concerns, concluding with gratitude to the guest, executive director of the CUNY Graduate Center.
If someone else led the Manhattan Project, would it have gone differently? Neil deGrasse Tyson discusses theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan’s film, and the creation of the atomic bomb with biographer Kai Bird.
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