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4 days ago · Joseph Weinberg. Siegfried Wouthuysen. Signature. J. Robert Oppenheimer (born Julius Robert Oppenheimer; / ˈɒpənhaɪmər / OP-ən-hy-mər; April 22, 1904 – February 18, 1967) was an American theoretical physicist who served as the director of the Manhattan Project 's Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II.
1 day ago · The July 21, 2023 release of Oppenheimer, the critically acclaimed film by director Christopher Nolan about J. Robert Oppenheimer, the man who led the development of the atomic bomb, has brought renewed attention in this chapter of American and world History.
5 days ago · Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer and Matt Damon as Leslie Groves walking through Los Alamos, past Trinity Drive. The original Los Alamos was built at a cost of $2 billion (or $42 billion in ...
4 days ago · Oppenheimer, American and British dramatic biographical film, released in 2023, that explores the life and legacy of the American physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, who played a key role in the development of the atomic bomb. Oppenheimer was critically acclaimed for its complex portrayal of its subject as well as for the technical accomplishments ...
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1 day ago · The nuclear arms race had a precursor during World War II, when the Manhattan Project in the US, led by J. Robert Oppenheimer, raced to complete a nuclear weapon based on the fission of uranium; this effort was conducted in the knowledge that the Nazis had an atomic bomb program led by Werner Heisenberg.
4 days ago · J. Robert Oppenheimer is known as the “father of the atomic bomb” for his role in creating the first nuclear weapon during World War II. The theoretical physicist was director of the Manhattan Project’s secret Los Alamos Laboratory, which created the bombs that killed an estimated 100,000 to 200,000...
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5 days ago · Who was Oppenheimer's nemesis? Strauss was the driving force behind physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer's security clearance hearing, held in April and May 1954 before an AEC Personnel Security Board, in which Oppenheimer's security clearance was revoked. As a result, Strauss often has been regarded as a villain in American history.
