Eric Singer
@ericssinger.bsky.social
Author of "Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb: Young Readers Edition of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer" (G.P. Putnam's Sons, Penguin Random House)
Just wrote about the human impact in @washingtonpost.com wapo.st/4lHGRQU
Opinion | ‘Catching it on our tongues’: How 12 girls became the first atomic bomb victims
The Trinity nuclear test was not conducted on barren, uninhabited land.
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July 16, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Just wrote about the human impact in @washingtonpost.com wapo.st/4lHGRQU
Right. Odds were “near zero” according to Bethe. Oppenheimer was worried enough to go to meet with Compton personally in Michigan.
July 15, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Right. Odds were “near zero” according to Bethe. Oppenheimer was worried enough to go to meet with Compton personally in Michigan.
he was a complicated guy
July 15, 2025 at 5:14 PM
he was a complicated guy
Can’t wait to see this. I spent some time telling downwinder stories in the American Prometheus young readers adaptation. Just astounding what they have been subjected to.
May 30, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Can’t wait to see this. I spent some time telling downwinder stories in the American Prometheus young readers adaptation. Just astounding what they have been subjected to.
Nice! Amazing that the film has become such a cultural sensation.
May 30, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Nice! Amazing that the film has become such a cultural sensation.
Yeah it’s crazy. We have the ability to destroy 300,000 Hiroshimas today.
May 30, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Yeah it’s crazy. We have the ability to destroy 300,000 Hiroshimas today.