Kai Bird

co-author “American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer”

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The film “Oppenheimer” focuses on the man who invented the atomic bomb. It’s based on the book “American Prometheus,” which was almost never published.

‘Oppenheimer’ film is based on book that took some 25 years to write

The film “Oppenheimer” focuses on the man who invented the atomic bomb. It’s based on the book “American Prometheus,” which was almost never published.

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Former President Jimmy Carter is 98 and now in hospice care. Press Play reflects on what may be the biggest accomplishment of his presidency: the 1978 Camp David Accords.

Camp David Accords: How Carter brought peace to Egypt, Israel

Former President Jimmy Carter is 98 and now in hospice care. Press Play reflects on what may be the biggest accomplishment of his presidency: the 1978 Camp David Accords.

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