This was a LONG but fascinating biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb!
Prometheus is a god in Greek mythology. "In the Romantic era he was regarded as embodying the lone genius whose efforts to improve human existence could also result in tragedy" (Wikipedia). That about sums up what the atomic bomb did to Japan!
This man was sort of hounded by J. Edgar Hoover and lost his security clearance because he had some communist friends. It is sad what they did to him in the end, and what he did to himself because he was a chain smoker and died at 62 (my age!).
could also result in tragedy
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