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New David Rieff biography reframes Robert Oppenheimer

Original: 📚️ ⚛️ Robert Oppenheimer: The Sphinx Without a Secret "In this biography, David Rieff offers a fresh perspective, focusi

A new biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer by writer David Rieff takes a fresh look at the physicist, focusing on his personality and psychology rather than his scientific achievements. Rieff portrays Oppenheimer as an unusually closed, unknowable figure whose enigmatic nature puzzled and fascinated his contemporaries, framing him as 'a sphinx without a secret'.

Why now: Interest in Oppenheimer remains high following renewed attention to his life and legacy, and a fresh psychological angle from a prominent writer is drawing readers.

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• 📚️ ⚛️ Robert Oppenheimer: The Sphinx Without a Secret "In this biography, David Rieff offers a fresh perspective, focusing on Oppenheimer’s personality and psychology, above all his closed down nature as a person that so puzzled and fascinated his contemporaries. To do this,… · bibliolater@vivaldi.net · 5

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