In Jon Hunner’s J. Robert Oppenheimer, the Cold War, and the Atomic West Hunner explores how the West influenced Oppenheimer as a scientist and as a person. Hunner also writes about the way in which Oppenheimer influenced the world. Oppenheimer came to feel at home in the American West, and while extensive studies have been made of the man, this is the first book to explicitly link him with the region.