Commentary: Oppenheimer’s story is the right story, at the right time, on the right topic. It takes us back to a history rife with scientific excitement, security fears and dystopian politics.
An aerial view shows the Trinity Test site in New Mexico after the first atomic explosion on July 16, 1945.
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