Step inside the minds of brilliant scientists, the corridors of power, and the harrowing consequences of the atomic bomb.

Oppenheimer. The 2023 movie compared to the 2005 book, American Prometheus
Christopher Nolan, 2023

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American Prometheus
Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin, 2005
Fat Man and Little Boy. The 1989 movie compared to the movie novelization
Roland Joffé, 1989

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Shadow Makers
Robert Marshall, 1990
Nightbreaker. The 1989 movie compared to the 1980 book, Atomic Soldiers: American Victims Of Nuclear Experiments
Peter Markle, 1989

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Atomic Soldiers: American Victims Of Nuclear Experiments
Howard L. Rosenberg, 1980
Day One. The 1989 movie compared to the 1985 book, Day One: Before Hiroshima and After
Joseph Sargent, 1989

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Day One: Before Hiroshima and After
Peter Wyden, 1985
Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb. The 1980 movie compared to the 1977 book, Enola Gay: Mission to Hiroshima
David Lowell Rich, 1980

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Enola Gay: Mission to Hiroshima
Gordon Thomas, Max Morgan-Witts, 1977
Adventures of a Mathematician. The 2020 movie compared to the 1976 book
Thorsten Klein, 2020

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Adventures of a Mathematician
Stanislaw M. Ulam, 1976
Race for the Superbomb. The 1999 movie compared to the 1996 book, Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb
Thomas Ott, 1999

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Dark Sun: The Making of the Hydrogen Bomb
Richard Rhodes, 1996

“The movie will never be as good as the book, both because the book goes on longer and because books are internal.”

SCOTT TUROW (Writer)