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From Bestseller to Blockbuster: The J. Robert Oppenheimer Story

In this edition of ˻ֱ Center NOW, Kai Bird discusses how the book he co-authored with Martin Sherwin, "American Prometheus," served as the inspiration for the recent blockbuster film “Oppenheimer.”

In this edition of ˻ֱ Center NOW, we are joined by Kai Bird, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and journalist and former ˻ֱ Center Fellow.  He discusses the book he co-authored with former Public Policy Fellow Martin Sherwin during their time at the ˻ֱ Center,  , the “definitive biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, one of the iconic figures of the twentieth century.” The book served as the inspiration for the recent blockbuster film “Oppenheimer.”

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