(radio static crackles) douglas macarthur: we are gathered here, representatives of the major warring powers, to conclude a solemn agreement whereby peace may be restored. (crowd cheering) truman: i have received this afternoon a message from the japanese government. i deem this reply a full acceptance of the unconditional surrender of japan. else: and of course, a great many people felt that the atomic bomb had ended world war ii. perhaps it had. and robert oppenheimer was the guy who made it happen. roy glauber: he was in demand everywhere. he was the cover story fortime magazine, once forlife magazine. there scarcely was a magazine cover that he wasn t on.
Kai Bird, one of the co-authors of "American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer" which 25 years to complete explains why he once described biography as: “The hardest form of history. And the most expensive.”
One of the last surviving eyewitnesses from the effort to build the first atomic bomb gives his impressions of the Manhattan Project’s driving force: J. Robert Oppenheimer.
somebody who is plagued with guilt. (radio static crackles) douglas macarthur: we are gathered here, representatives of the major warring powers, to conclude a solemn agreement whereby peace may be restored. (crowd cheering) truman: i have received this afternoon a message from the japanese government. i deem this reply a full acceptance of the unconditional surrender of japan. else: and of course, a great many people felt that the atomic bomb had ended world war ii. perhaps it had. and robert oppenheimer was the guy who made it happen. roy glauber: he was in demand everywhere. he was the cover story fortime magazine, once forlife magazine. there scarcely was a magazine cover