There will be lot of folks reading- or pretending to read- “American Prometheus”- as Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” hits the big screen.
But let me also put in a plug for Richard Rhodes “Making of the Atomic Bomb,” one of the great non-fiction books of the 20th century, up there with “The Power Broker” and Taylor Branch’s books on MLK.
There was a good historical drama about the Manhattan Project made in 1989 called "Fat Man and Little Boy" (the code names for the bombs), with Oppenheimer played by Dwight Schultz (who also played ST:TNG's "Barclay") and of course, Paul Newman as Gen. Groves.
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