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Kai Bird on the Triumph and Tragedy of Robert Oppenheimer
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Christopher Nolan’s epic film "Oppenheimer" lands in cinemas on Friday. It tells the story of the 1945 “Trinity test” in New Mexico, where the world’s first nuclear device was successfully detonated. The screenplay is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography "American Prometheus," written by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin. Bird speaks about the triumph and tragedy of Robert Oppenheimer.