On July 16, 1945, a flash lit up the New Mexico desert and the world would never be the same. In Part 1 of our Oppenheimer deep dive, we explore the man behind the Manhattan Project, the race to build the bomb, and the events leading up to the Trinity test. Drawing from American Prometheus, the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography that inspired Christopher Nolan’s film- we separate fact from fiction, uncover the political pressures, and examine the science that shaped J. Robert Oppenheimer.