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Martin J. Sherwin

Martin J. Sherwin

Born: July 2, 1937
Died: October 6, 2021
in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Martin Jay Sherwin (July 2, 1937 – October 6, 2021) was an American historian. His scholarship mostly concerned the history of nuclear weapons and nuclear proliferation. He served on the faculty at Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of California, Berkeley, and as the Walter S. Dickson Professor of English and American History at Tufts University, where he founded the Nuclear Age History and Humanities Center.

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To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb
Title: To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb
Character: Self - Co-Author, "American Prometheus" (voice)
Released: July 9, 2023
Type: Movie
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Explore how one man's relentless drive and invention of the atomic bomb changed the nature of war forever, led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people and unleashed mass hysteria.
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The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Title: The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Character: Self
Released: March 24, 2008
Type: Movie
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J. Robert Oppenheimer was a national hero, the brilliant scientist who during WWII led the scientific team that created the atomic bomb. But after the bomb brought the war to an end, in spite of his renown and his enormous achievement, America turned on him - humiliated and cast him aside. The question the film asks is, "Why?"
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