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An Atomic Love Story: The Extraordinary Women in Robert Oppenheimer's Life

An Atomic Love Story: The Extraordinary Women in Robert Oppenheimer's Life

Streshinsky, Shirley
Klaus, Patricia

Hardcover

Biographies GeneralHistorical FiguresGeneral Psychology

Publisher Price: $36.99

ISBN10: 1618580191
ISBN13: 9781618580191
Publisher: Turner
Published: Sep 17 2013
Pages: 400
Weight: 1.33
Height: 1.31 Width: 6.34 Depth: 9.23
Language: English
A gripping narrative of the love and betrayal of J. Robert Oppenheimer, told through the lives of three unique women.
Set against a dramatic backdrop of war, spies, and nuclear bombs, An Atomic Love Story unveils a vivid new view of a tumultuous era and one of its most important figures. In the early decades of the 20th century, three highly ambitious women found their way to the West Coast, where each was destined to collide with the young Oppenheimer, the enigmatic physicist whose work in creating the atomic bomb would forever impact modern history. His first and most intense love was for Jean Tatlock, though he married the tempestuous Kitty Harrison-a devout member of the Communist party--and was rumored to have had a scandalous affair with the brilliant Ruth Sherman Tolman, ten years his senior and the wife of another celebrated physicist. Although each were connected through their relationship to Oppenheimer, their experiences reflect important changes in the lives of American women in the 20th century: the conflict between career and marriage; the need for a woman to define herself independently; experimentation with sexuality; and the growth of career opportunities.

Beautifully written and superbly researched through a rich collection of firsthand accounts, this intimate portrait shares the tragedies, betrayals, and romances of an alluring man and three bold women, revealing how they pushed to the very forefront of social and cultural changes in a fascinating, volatile era.

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