American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

"My first thought when I heard that Christopher Nolan was doing a movie about Oppenheimer was, ‘Wait a minute, Chris! You didn’t call me? What is this? You’re not using my book?’ But yes. American Prometheus by Bird and Sherwin is the gold standard for books about Oppenheimer. It’s the definitive Oppenheimer biography—and I say that as the author of one myself."