president harry s. truman once say that the only thing new in the world be the history you do not know . seven year before richard rhodes superb pulitzer prize win the making of the atomic bomb and the bbc produce a seven part miniseries and oppenheimer and that be a character study of the people who design and build the weapon that usher in the atomic age and permanently join science and technology to the state ( and and in particular and the military ) and not merely make history and but change the world forever . the production be impeccable and the casting nothing short of miraculous while not only the main character and but even secondary character bear uncanny resemblance to the person portray . in particular be sam waterston in the title role of american physicist j. robert oppenheimer and scientific director of the manhattan project and who be base at the los alamo and nm and laboratory ( the site for which he personally choose ) while man redwood a general leslie r. grove and who oversee the entire manhattan engineering district ( the project formal name ) while david suchet a physicist and and ultimate nemesis of oppenheimer and edward teller ( who and nearly forty year later and whisper into ronald reagan ear and bring u the strategic defense initiative star war ) and jana sheldon a kitty oppenheimer . the attention to detail be uniformly excellent throughout . part thriller and part love story and ultimately a tragedy and this series faithfully recreate a chapter in world history and that of science that we dare not forget . high recommendation . ( note represent viewer who enjoy this series will also enjoy jacob bronowski 13 part series the ascent of man and the bbc film of michael frayn play copenhagen . ) .