Kai Bird
Forfatter af American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
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Kai Bird is the Executive Director of the Leon Levy Center for Biography and an award-winning historian and journalist. His work includes critical writings on the Vietnam War, Hiroshima, nuclear weapons, the Cold War, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and the CIA.
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Oppenheimer and The Manhattan Project: Insights Into J Robert Oppenheimer, "Father Of The Atomic Bomb" (Manhattan… (2005) — Bidragyder — 8 eksemplarer
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- Bird, Kai
- Fødselsdato
- 1951-09-02
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Fødested
- Eugene, Oregon, USA
- Bopæl
- Kathmandu, Nepal
Lima, Peru - Uddannelse
- Carleton College (BA|1973)
Northwestern University (MA|Journalism|1975)
Kodaikanal International School - Erhverv
- journalist
author
biographer - Organisationer
- The Nation
- Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Guggenheim Fellowship
Thomas J. Watson Fellowship
Alicia Patterson Journalism Fellowship
John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Grant
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Fellowship
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American Prometheus: The Inspiration for the Major… af Kai Bird
A behemoth of a biography -- and the backstory of how it was written is almost as compelling of the story itself. One of the few instances where the seeing the film actually helps visualize the action in the book, but there's so so so much more to the tale. A very satisfying read.
I finished this just in time for the Oscars. It’s the basis of the best picture winner “Oppenheimer” & I loved seeing the way the book was adapted to become a film. This is a long in-depth biography, but he was a complicated man. It was also a perfect nonfiction read for New Mexico. The authors did an excellent job diving into the history of the making of the atomic bomb and Oppenheimer’s role in the saga. I wouldn’t read it again but it was good.
The Outlier is a very well written and balanced compilation of the events of Jimmy Carter's presidency. The author presents him and those who were a part of his presidency in a clear unvarnished light. I found it a fascinating look back in history with much that remains relevant and prescient of our world today.
I don't understand the value of exonerating the lesser communist accusations of a mass murderer. I don't care if he walked into the Kremlin and handed over the blueprints on a plate. I care that he knew it would be used on civilians and repeatedly said he didn't regret working on it afterwards. This is the most thoroughly researched book I've ever read, with a book-length bibliography & cited sources at the end. But it seems to have elevated the mystique of what I can only classify as a genocidist. To their credit, there are copious citations of why the bomb wasn't required to end the war, and everyone knew it. But most focuses on the communism. Not sure how to rate this book.… (mere)
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