review Janet Maslin of The New York Times described “American Prometheus” as “a work of comprehensive science and clear insight, combining its multifaceted portrait with a keen insight into Oppenheimer’s essential nature.” This nature, he wrote, expressed itself “attractiveness and bravado on the surface, in Dostoevsky darkness below.” Martin Jay Sherwin was born on July …

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