About the Author
Gregg Herken is Historian and Curator at the Space History Department of the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
Image credit: Photo courtesy of Gregg Herken
Works by Gregg Herken
Associated Works
Oppenheimer and The Manhattan Project: Insights Into J Robert Oppenheimer, "Father Of The Atomic Bomb" (Manhattan… (2005) — Contributor — 8 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1947-05-23
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Richmond, California, USA
- Places of residence
- Santa Cruz, California, USA
Merced, California, USA - Education
- Princeton University (PhD|modern American diplomatic history|1974)
- Occupations
- historian
curator - Organizations
- Atomic Heritage Foundation
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Awards
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Statistics
- Works
- 5
- Also by
- 2
- Members
- 405
- Popularity
- #60,014
- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
- 5
- ISBNs
- 25
Many of the people in the book are well known to us who have read on the scientific community of the bomb at the time. The book revolves around Robert Oppenheimer, Ernest O. Lawrence, General Leslie R. Groves, Edward Teller, and later after the development of the bomb, Lewis Strauss, the driving force behind the hearing to strip Robert Oppenheimer of his security clearance.
The book discusses the development and use of the atomic bomb and, later, the development of the hydrogen bomb, the essence of the book is more about the personal relationships, dynamics, and motivations of this brotherhood of the bomb. I strongly recommend this book and give it a strong 4-star rating. If you are looking for a book more closely aligned query the development of the bomb I recommend Richard Rhodes, The Making of the Atomic Bomb or Kai Bird's American Prometheus, but for a book about the personal dynamics of these individuals this is the book to read.… (more)