{"title":"Patricia Klaus","description":"\u003cp\u003ePATRICIA KLAUS holds a Ph.D. in Modern British History from Stanford University, where she specialized in women’s studies, the history of marriage, and war and literature. She co-authored \u003cem\u003eAn Atomic Love Story\u003c\/em\u003e with Shirley Streshinsky.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKlaus taught twentieth-century British history at Yale University and served as a visiting lecturer at the University of Virginia and Stanford. She has written a number of historical articles and has served on the University of California Press Foundation Board of Trustees.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatricia Klaus’s books are published by Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"an-atomic-love-story","title":"An Atomic Love Story: The Extraordinary Women in Robert Oppenheimer's Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gripping narrative of the love and betrayal of J. Robert Oppenheimer, told through the lives of three unique women.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet against a dramatic backdrop of war, spies, and nuclear bombs, \u003ci\u003eAn Atomic Love Story \u003c\/i\u003eunveils a vivid new view of a tumultuous era and one of its most important figures. In the early decades of the 20th century, three highly ambitious women found their way to the West Coast, where each was destined to collide with the young Oppenheimer, the enigmatic physicist whose work in creating the atomic bomb would forever impact modern history. His first and most intense love was for Jean Tatlock, though he married the tempestuous Kitty Harrison—both were members of the Communist Party—and was rumored to have had a scandalous affair with the brilliant Ruth Sherman Tolman, ten years his senior and the wife of another celebrated physicist. Although each were connected through their relationship to Oppenheimer, their experiences reflect important changes in the lives of American women in the 20th century: the conflict between career and marriage; the need for a woman to define herself independently; experimentation with sexuality; and the growth of career opportunities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeautifully written and superbly researched through a rich collection of firsthand accounts, this intimate portrait shares the tragedies, betrayals, and romances of an alluring man and three bold women, revealing how they pushed to the very forefront of social and cultural changes in a fascinating, volatile era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0BQMFRPK4\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9798887980058\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Shirley Streshinsky, Patricia Klaus","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43238214336728,"sku":"9781618580191","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43634092409048,"sku":"9798887980058","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/9781618580191_mockup_v2_1667491999_07e2b095-378f-4c90-b4df-4bc3a34fe1dc.jpg?v=1791040385"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-patricia-klaus.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}