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> More recently, and more sensationally, there is an entire chapter on Tatlock’s death in Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin’s biography of Oppenheimer I read America
by trimbo 5y ago
> More recently, and more sensationally, there is an entire chapter on Tatlock’s death in Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin’s biography of Oppenheimer
I read American Prometheus last summer, and did not walk away with any inkling that the discussion of Tatlock's death was sensational at all. I just re-skimmed that chapter and while it documents the questions others brought up later, the authors do not seem to imply they thought it was more than a suicide. They conclude by saying Oppenheimer never thought it more than suicide.
- mywittyname 5y agoFrom those snippets of interviews, it sounds like he really loved her. I can't imagine how I'd feel if a person I love died because of me. When the choices are to believe that they A) committed suicide, or B) were murdered for being affiliated with you by a powerful person who clearly has you in their sights, you probably try your damnedest to make yourself believe A.