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The scene where Oppenheimer poisons his tutor's apple at university is based on accounts that Oppenheimer gave of the incident, but it is unclear whether it occurred in real life. [271] Oppenheimer is depicted as putting potassium cyanide in the apple before having a change of heart the next day and narrowly preventing it from being eaten.
Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer is based on the biography 'American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer,' by Martin J. Sherwin and Kai Bird. The Book That Inspired ...
Based on the Orwell Prize-winning novel inspired by true events, "Small Things" is set in 1980s Ireland at a time when the Catholic Church wields absolute power over the faithful.
“Oppenheimer,” based on the 2005 book “American Prometheus” by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, tracks the creation of the atomic bomb during World War II through the eyes of theoretical ...
The Boston Globe wrote that the book "stands as an Everest among the mountains of books on the bomb project and Oppenheimer, and is an achievement not likely to be surpassed or equaled." [ 11 ] Janet Maslin wrote in her New York Times review that " American Prometheus aligns its subject's most critical decisions with both his early education ...
“Oppenheimer,” based on the 2005 book “American Prometheus” by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, tracks the creation of the atomic bomb during World War II through the eyes of theoretical ...
The Oppenheimer Alternative is a 2020 science fiction alternate history novel by Canadian writer Robert J. Sawyer. It was first published in June 2020 in Canada by Red Deer Press , and in the United States by CAEZIK SF & Fantasy, [ 1 ] 75 years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. [ 2 ]
J. Robert Oppenheimer, creator of the atom bomb and subject of a magisterial biography and now an epic film, at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J., on April 5, 1963.