Jennet Conant
Jennet Conant is the granddaughter of James B Conant, a former president of Harvard University and a key scientific adviser on the Manhattan Project who oversaw the development of the atomic bomb and its deployment against Japan and, along with Oppenheimer, later led the opposition to the development of the hydrogen bomb. She is the author of six books, including 109 East Palace: Robert Oppenheimer and the Secret City of Los Alamos. Her Fierce Ambition: The Life and Legend of War Correspondent Maggie Higgins will be published this fall.
Blond Ambition
Marguerite Higgins was the first woman to win a Pulitzer for her wartime dispatches. Seventy years later, female reporters are still fighting to be recognized.
The Cautionary Tale of J. Robert Oppenheimer
The race to develop the atomic bomb offers lessons for those pursuing artificial intelligence.