Oppenheimer was the only American scientist of the 20th century whose life was worth telling...It is because, in Oppenheimer's life, science and poetry and history came face to face with one another.
First science defeated poetry. Then science defeated history. Then History defeated Oppenheimer.
The symmetry is perfect, even down to Oppenheimer's late rehabilitation. It's an American Life: A farce that has the appearance of a tragedy, but with a happy ending.
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