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Brotherhood of the Bomb: The Tangled Lives and Loyalties of Robert Oppenheimer, Ernest Lawrence and Edward Teller

Gregg Herken

Traces the personal stories of three top figures in the foundation of the nuclear age, considering how the loyalties of each man played a significant part in history and the choices each had to make when their allegiances came into conflict.

BiographyBiography · medium confidenceBiography81 signalsLlm Classifier: Biography -> BiographyGoogle Books: Biography & Autobiography -> Memoir & AutobiographyGoogle Books: Biography & Autobiography -> BiographyLabor, Work & OrganizingIntellectual History & IdeasCold War & Nuclear Politics

Award History

0 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History2002FinalistSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    • Robert Oppenheimer90%
    • Ernest Lawrence85%
    • Edward Teller85%

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    The loyalties of Robert Oppenheimer, Ernest Lawrence, and Edward Teller significantly shaped history through the conflicts and choices they faced when allegiances came into conflict.

    Model confidence 62%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    35 / 100 academic

    Serious trade

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 78%.