J. Robert Oppenheimer

Pursuit of Genius: A book review by Bob Morris

August 17, 2017

Pursuit of Genius: Flexner, Einstein, and the Early Faculty at the Institute for Advanced Study Steve Batterson A K Peters/CRC Press (2006) The birth and early years of a truly unique intellectual community I recently re-read and now review a…

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The Georgetown Set: A book review by Bob Morris

January 20, 2015

The Georgetown Set: Friends and Rivals in Cold War Washington Gregg Herken Alfred A. Knopf (2014) “The hand that mixes the Georgetown martini is time and again the hand that guides the destiny of the Western world.” Henry Kissinger. As…

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