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Kai Bird Quote: “Thereafter, the Gibneys and the Oppenheimers had nothing to do with each other. They hired lawyers and squabbled over beach rights. The feud became a legend on the island.”

51. “Thereafter, the Gibneys and the Oppenheimers had nothing to do with each other. They hired lawyers and squabbled over beach rights. The feud became a legend on the island.”

Kai Bird Quote: “In his speeches about the Institute, Oppenheimer continually emphasized that science needed the humanities to better understand its own character and consequences.”

52. “In his speeches about the Institute, Oppenheimer continually emphasized that science needed the humanities to better understand its own character and consequences.”

Kai Bird Quote: “That summer of 1928, Robert was also reading the 1922 novel The Enormous Room, an account by e. e. cummings of his four-month incarceration in a French wartime prison camp. He loved cummings’ notion that a man stripped of all his possessions can nevertheless find personal freedom in the most spartan of surroundings. The story would take on a new meaning for him after 1954.”

53. “That summer of 1928, Robert was also reading the 1922 novel The Enormous Room, an account by e. e. cummings of his four-month incarceration in a French wartime prison camp. He loved cummings’ notion that a man stripped of all his possessions can nevertheless find personal freedom in the most spartan of surroundings. The story would take on a new meaning for him after 1954.”

Kai Bird Quote: “This was, I think, the secret of his attraction for women. I mean, it felt almost that he could read their minds – many women have said this to me. Women at Los Alamos who were pregnant could say, ‘The only one who would understand was Robert.’ He had a really almost saintly empathy for people.”

54. “This was, I think, the secret of his attraction for women. I mean, it felt almost that he could read their minds – many women have said this to me. Women at Los Alamos who were pregnant could say, ‘The only one who would understand was Robert.’ He had a really almost saintly empathy for people.”

Kai Bird Quote: “Every day the Army bused in Pueblo Indian women from the nearby settlement of San Ildefonso to work as housekeepers.”

55. “Every day the Army bused in Pueblo Indian women from the nearby settlement of San Ildefonso to work as housekeepers.”

Kai Bird Quote: “His physics was good, but his arithmetic awful.”

56. “His physics was good, but his arithmetic awful.”

Kai Bird Quote: “His coughing was incessant and his weight was down to 115 pounds, skin-and-bones for a man 5 feet 10 inches tall. His energy level never flagged, but he seemed to be literally disappearing little by little, day after day.”

57. “His coughing was incessant and his weight was down to 115 pounds, skin-and-bones for a man 5 feet 10 inches tall. His energy level never flagged, but he seemed to be literally disappearing little by little, day after day.”

Kai Bird Quote: “Japan. “One can only imagine,” Blackett wrote, “the hurry with which the two bombs – the only two existing – were whisked across the Pacific to be dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki just in time, but only just, to insure that the Japanese Government surrendered to American forces alone.”

58. “Japan. “One can only imagine,” Blackett wrote, “the hurry with which the two bombs – the only two existing – were whisked across the Pacific to be dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki just in time, but only just, to insure that the Japanese Government surrendered to American forces alone.”

Kai Bird Quote: “He worked for Rockefeller?” Oppenheimer said, puffing on his pipe. And then lowering his voice, he quipped, “I, too, have taken money for doing harm.”

59. “He worked for Rockefeller?” Oppenheimer said, puffing on his pipe. And then lowering his voice, he quipped, “I, too, have taken money for doing harm.”

Kai Bird Quote: “His deepest fear was that its invention would inspire a deadly nuclear arms race between the West and the Soviet Union. To prevent this, he insisted, it was imperative that the Russians be told about the existence of the bomb project, and be assured that it was no threat to them.”

60. “His deepest fear was that its invention would inspire a deadly nuclear arms race between the West and the Soviet Union. To prevent this, he insisted, it was imperative that the Russians be told about the existence of the bomb project, and be assured that it was no threat to them.”

Kai Bird Quote: “He harshly criticized Soviet tyranny, but lamented the fact that so many Americans were willing to sacrifice their civil liberties in the name of anticommunism.”

61. “He harshly criticized Soviet tyranny, but lamented the fact that so many Americans were willing to sacrifice their civil liberties in the name of anticommunism.”

Kai Bird Quote: “After receiving his first briefing on nuclear weapons in September 1953, Khrushchev later recalled, “I couldn’t sleep for several days. Then I became convinced that we could never possibly use these weapons.”

62. “After receiving his first briefing on nuclear weapons in September 1953, Khrushchev later recalled, “I couldn’t sleep for several days. Then I became convinced that we could never possibly use these weapons.”

Kai Bird Quote: “An inner voice tells me that this is not the true Jacob. The theory accomplishes a lot, but it does not bring us closer to the secrets of the Old One. In any case, I am convinced that He does not play dice.”

63. “An inner voice tells me that this is not the true Jacob. The theory accomplishes a lot, but it does not bring us closer to the secrets of the Old One. In any case, I am convinced that He does not play dice.”

Kai Bird Quote: “Wartime compelled some mild-mannered men to contemplate what was once unthinkable.”

64. “Wartime compelled some mild-mannered men to contemplate what was once unthinkable.”

Kai Bird Quote: “However confident Americans might be that their views and ideas will prevail, the absolute “denial of the views and ideas of other people, cannot be the basis of any kind of agreement.”

65. “However confident Americans might be that their views and ideas will prevail, the absolute “denial of the views and ideas of other people, cannot be the basis of any kind of agreement.”

Kai Bird Quote: “Atomic Theory and the Description of Nature.”

66. “Atomic Theory and the Description of Nature.”

Kai Bird Quote: “The bottom line is that Robert always wished to be, and was, free to think for himself and to make his own political choices. Commitments have to be put in perspective to be understood, and the failure to do that was the most damaging characteristic of the McCarthy period. The most relevant political fact about Robert Oppenheimer was that in the 1930s he was devoted to working for social and economic justice in America, and to achieve this goal he chose to stand with the left.”

67. “The bottom line is that Robert always wished to be, and was, free to think for himself and to make his own political choices. Commitments have to be put in perspective to be understood, and the failure to do that was the most damaging characteristic of the McCarthy period. The most relevant political fact about Robert Oppenheimer was that in the 1930s he was devoted to working for social and economic justice in America, and to achieve this goal he chose to stand with the left.”

Kai Bird Quote: “Leo Szilard was frantic. The peripatetic physicist knew time was running out. Atomic bombs would soon be ready, and he expected that they would be used on Japanese cities. Having been the first to urge President Roosevelt to initiate a program to build atomic weapons, he now made repeated attempts to prevent their use.”

68. “Leo Szilard was frantic. The peripatetic physicist knew time was running out. Atomic bombs would soon be ready, and he expected that they would be used on Japanese cities. Having been the first to urge President Roosevelt to initiate a program to build atomic weapons, he now made repeated attempts to prevent their use.”

Kai Bird Quote: “The guilt consciousness of the atomic bomb scientists is one of the most astounding things I have ever seen.”

69. “The guilt consciousness of the atomic bomb scientists is one of the most astounding things I have ever seen.”

Kai Bird Quote: “He bore a certain “hubris,” she thought, of the kind that carries with it the seeds of its own destruction. Everything about Robert’s personality – from his abrupt, jerky way of walking to such little things as the making of a salad dressing – displayed, she thought, “a great need to declare his preeminence.”

70. “He bore a certain “hubris,” she thought, of the kind that carries with it the seeds of its own destruction. Everything about Robert’s personality – from his abrupt, jerky way of walking to such little things as the making of a salad dressing – displayed, she thought, “a great need to declare his preeminence.”

Kai Bird Quote: “Oppenheimer’s defeat was also a defeat for American liberalism.”

71. “Oppenheimer’s defeat was also a defeat for American liberalism.”

Kai Bird Quote: “Instead of defining themselves by their biblical identity as the “Chosen People,” Jews should distinguish themselves by their social concern and their deeds on behalf of the laboring classes.”

72. “Instead of defining themselves by their biblical identity as the “Chosen People,” Jews should distinguish themselves by their social concern and their deeds on behalf of the laboring classes.”

Kai Bird Quote: “The task of getting rid of Oppenheimer was far too important to leave to the clownish, sensation-seeking senator from Wisconsin. It would require careful planning and skillful maneuvering. After leaving Hoover, Strauss returned to his office and wrote to Senator Robert Taft, urging him to block McCarthy if he attempted to launch an investigation of Oppenheimer. It would be “a mistake,” he wrote. “In the first place some of the evidence will not stand up.”

73. “The task of getting rid of Oppenheimer was far too important to leave to the clownish, sensation-seeking senator from Wisconsin. It would require careful planning and skillful maneuvering. After leaving Hoover, Strauss returned to his office and wrote to Senator Robert Taft, urging him to block McCarthy if he attempted to launch an investigation of Oppenheimer. It would be “a mistake,” he wrote. “In the first place some of the evidence will not stand up.”

Kai Bird Quote: “Lawrence’s relentless drive for ever larger and more powerful cyclotrons epitomized the trend toward the kind of “big science” associated with the rise of corporate America in the early twentieth century. Only four industrial laboratories existed in the country in 1890; forty years later there were nearly one thousand such facilities.”

74. “Lawrence’s relentless drive for ever larger and more powerful cyclotrons epitomized the trend toward the kind of “big science” associated with the rise of corporate America in the early twentieth century. Only four industrial laboratories existed in the country in 1890; forty years later there were nearly one thousand such facilities.”

Kai Bird Quote: “Having preached the necessity of international control and openness in 1946, Oppenheimer by 1947 was beginning to accept the idea of a defense posture supported by a multitude of nuclear weapons.”

75. “Having preached the necessity of international control and openness in 1946, Oppenheimer by 1947 was beginning to accept the idea of a defense posture supported by a multitude of nuclear weapons.”

Kai Bird Quote: “I found Bridgman a wonderful teacher,” Oppenheimer remembered, “because he never really was quite reconciled to things being the way they were and he always thought them out.”

76. “I found Bridgman a wonderful teacher,” Oppenheimer remembered, “because he never really was quite reconciled to things being the way they were and he always thought them out.”

Kai Bird Quote: “He had become the simple philosopher king, adored by his ragtag followers of expatriates, retirees, beatniks and natives. Despite his cultivated aura of otherworldliness, he fit comfortably into their island world. On St. John, the father of the atomic bomb had somehow found just the right refuge from his inner demons.”

77. “He had become the simple philosopher king, adored by his ragtag followers of expatriates, retirees, beatniks and natives. Despite his cultivated aura of otherworldliness, he fit comfortably into their island world. On St. John, the father of the atomic bomb had somehow found just the right refuge from his inner demons.”

Kai Bird Quote: “Many scientists felt the “Mike” test demonstrated that the government simply had no intention of listening to their expert advice.”

78. “Many scientists felt the “Mike” test demonstrated that the government simply had no intention of listening to their expert advice.”

Kai Bird Quote: “He had become the simple philosopher king, adored by his ragtag followers of expatriates, retirees, beatniks and natives.”

79. “He had become the simple philosopher king, adored by his ragtag followers of expatriates, retirees, beatniks and natives.”

Kai Bird Quote: “General Groves came for dinner at the Chadwicks’ and in the course of casual banter over the dinner table, he said, “You realize of course that the main purpose of this project is to subdue the Russians.” Rotblat was shocked. He had no illusions about Stalin – the Soviet dictator had, after all, invaded his beloved Poland. But thousands of Russians were dying every day on the Eastern Front and Rotblat felt a sense of betrayal.”

80. “General Groves came for dinner at the Chadwicks’ and in the course of casual banter over the dinner table, he said, “You realize of course that the main purpose of this project is to subdue the Russians.” Rotblat was shocked. He had no illusions about Stalin – the Soviet dictator had, after all, invaded his beloved Poland. But thousands of Russians were dying every day on the Eastern Front and Rotblat felt a sense of betrayal.”

Kai Bird Quote: “Strauss was unfazed by the extraconstitutional nature of things he was doing to undermine Oppenheimer’s defense.”

81. “Strauss was unfazed by the extraconstitutional nature of things he was doing to undermine Oppenheimer’s defense.”

Kai Bird Quote: “Weinberg, whom Oppenheimer had come to regard as one of his brightest students, observed that mathematical formulas were like temporary hand-holds for a rock-climber. Each hand-hold more or less dictates the position of the next hand-hold. “A record of that,” Weinberg said, “is a record of a particular climb. It gives you very little of the shape of the rock.”

82. “Weinberg, whom Oppenheimer had come to regard as one of his brightest students, observed that mathematical formulas were like temporary hand-holds for a rock-climber. Each hand-hold more or less dictates the position of the next hand-hold. “A record of that,” Weinberg said, “is a record of a particular climb. It gives you very little of the shape of the rock.”

Kai Bird Quote: “By the age of twelve, he was using the family typewriter to correspond with a number of well-known local geologists about the rock formations he had studied in Central Park. Not aware of his youth, one of these correspondents nominated Robert for membership in the New York Mineralogical Club, and soon thereafter a letter arrived inviting him to deliver a lecture before the club.”

83. “By the age of twelve, he was using the family typewriter to correspond with a number of well-known local geologists about the rock formations he had studied in Central Park. Not aware of his youth, one of these correspondents nominated Robert for membership in the New York Mineralogical Club, and soon thereafter a letter arrived inviting him to deliver a lecture before the club.”

Kai Bird Quote: “Oppenheimer – and surely many others in the room – understood that they could not rush to “stay ahead” in atomic weapons without pushing the Russians into an arms race with the United States.”

84. “Oppenheimer – and surely many others in the room – understood that they could not rush to “stay ahead” in atomic weapons without pushing the Russians into an arms race with the United States.”

Kai Bird Quote: “I had a very exciting time,” Oppenheimer recalled, “reading the Principia with Whitehead, who had forgotten it, so that he was both teacher and student.”

85. “I had a very exciting time,” Oppenheimer recalled, “reading the Principia with Whitehead, who had forgotten it, so that he was both teacher and student.”

Kai Bird Quote: “Scientists accustomed to working with limited resources and virtually no deadlines now had to adjust to a world of unlimited resources and exacting deadlines.”

86. “Scientists accustomed to working with limited resources and virtually no deadlines now had to adjust to a world of unlimited resources and exacting deadlines.”

Kai Bird Quote: “Though he hadn’t a shred of evidence, Hoover now floated the possibility that Oppenheimer intended to defect to the Soviet Union.”

87. “Though he hadn’t a shred of evidence, Hoover now floated the possibility that Oppenheimer intended to defect to the Soviet Union.”

Kai Bird Quote: “After a particularly grueling day on horseback, Robert wrote a friend wistfully, “My two great loves are physics and New Mexico. It’s a pity they can’t be combined.”

88. “After a particularly grueling day on horseback, Robert wrote a friend wistfully, “My two great loves are physics and New Mexico. It’s a pity they can’t be combined.”

Kai Bird Quote: “Although the British Home Office knew all about his communist past, by the spring of 1941 Fuchs was working with Peierls and other British scientists on the highly classified Tube Alloys project. In June 1942, Fuchs received British citizenship – by then, he was already passing information to the Soviets about the British bomb program.”

89. “Although the British Home Office knew all about his communist past, by the spring of 1941 Fuchs was working with Peierls and other British scientists on the highly classified Tube Alloys project. In June 1942, Fuchs received British citizenship – by then, he was already passing information to the Soviets about the British bomb program.”

Kai Bird Quote: “Robert often displayed a sense of humor. Upon seeing Karl Compton’s two-year-old daughter pretending to read a small red book – which just happened to be on the topic of birth control – Robert looked over at the very pregnant Mrs. Compton and quipped, “A little late.”

90. “Robert often displayed a sense of humor. Upon seeing Karl Compton’s two-year-old daughter pretending to read a small red book – which just happened to be on the topic of birth control – Robert looked over at the very pregnant Mrs. Compton and quipped, “A little late.”

Kai Bird Quote: “1951, he was shown the Air Force’s strategic war plan – which called for the obliteration of Soviet cities on a scale that shocked him. It was a war plan of criminal genocide.”

91. “1951, he was shown the Air Force’s strategic war plan – which called for the obliteration of Soviet cities on a scale that shocked him. It was a war plan of criminal genocide.”

Kai Bird Quote: “He wanted to be on good terms with the Washington generals,” Dyson observed, “and to be a savior of humanity at the same time.”

92. “He wanted to be on good terms with the Washington generals,” Dyson observed, “and to be a savior of humanity at the same time.”

Kai Bird Quote: “But he thought of Einstein as a living patron saint of physics, not a working scientist.”

93. “But he thought of Einstein as a living patron saint of physics, not a working scientist.”

Kai Bird Quote: “Once again, Bohr was God and Oppie was his prophet.”

94. “Once again, Bohr was God and Oppie was his prophet.”

Kai Bird Quote: “If the recommendations of the Oppenheimer panel had been accepted by the Eisenhower Administration in 1953, the Cold War might have taken a different, less militarized trajectory.”

95. “If the recommendations of the Oppenheimer panel had been accepted by the Eisenhower Administration in 1953, the Cold War might have taken a different, less militarized trajectory.”

Kai Bird Quote: “Over the next year, Fuchs passed detailed written information to the Soviets about the problems and advantages of the implosion-type bomb design over the gun method. He was unaware that the Soviets were getting confirmation of his information from another Los Alamos resident.”

96. “Over the next year, Fuchs passed detailed written information to the Soviets about the problems and advantages of the implosion-type bomb design over the gun method. He was unaware that the Soviets were getting confirmation of his information from another Los Alamos resident.”

Kai Bird Quote: “The Air Force did not want Eisenhower exposed to Oppenheimer’s thinking, particularly since his views would support the Army’s demand for a bigger share of the atomic budget.”

97. “The Air Force did not want Eisenhower exposed to Oppenheimer’s thinking, particularly since his views would support the Army’s demand for a bigger share of the atomic budget.”

Kai Bird Quote: “He is doubtless very gifted but completely without mental discipline. He’s outwardly very modest, but inwardly very arrogant.” Ehrenfest’s reply is lost, but Born’s next letter is indicative: “Your information about Oppenheimer was very valuable to me. I know that he is a very fine and decent man, but you can’t help it if someone gets on your nerves.”

98. “He is doubtless very gifted but completely without mental discipline. He’s outwardly very modest, but inwardly very arrogant.” Ehrenfest’s reply is lost, but Born’s next letter is indicative: “Your information about Oppenheimer was very valuable to me. I know that he is a very fine and decent man, but you can’t help it if someone gets on your nerves.”

Kai Bird Quote: “By the nature of their discipline, mathematicians invariably do their best intuitive work in their twenties or early thirties – whereas historians and other social scientists often need years of studious preparation before they became capable of genuinely creative work.”

99. “By the nature of their discipline, mathematicians invariably do their best intuitive work in their twenties or early thirties – whereas historians and other social scientists often need years of studious preparation before they became capable of genuinely creative work.”

Kai Bird Quote: “Oppie told his audience that he was not going to argue with the president’s motives and aims – but “we are 140 million people, and there are two billion people living on earth.” However confident Americans might be that their views and ideas will prevail, the absolute “denial of the views and ideas of other people, cannot be the basis of any kind of agreement.”

100. “Oppie told his audience that he was not going to argue with the president’s motives and aims – but “we are 140 million people, and there are two billion people living on earth.” However confident Americans might be that their views and ideas will prevail, the absolute “denial of the views and ideas of other people, cannot be the basis of any kind of agreement.”

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