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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.
Following graduation, Oppenheimer accepted a job teaching physics at Caltech in Pasadena, California. In the summer of 1928, Oppenheimer returned to New Mexico to go on horse-packing trips with his younger brother Frank.
Returning to the US, Oppenheimer spent a few months at Harvard before moving to pursue his physics career in California. The tone of his letters from this period reflect a steadier, more...
Aug 16, 2023 · In July, a panel of scholars Cathryn Carson, Jon Else, Yasunori Nomura and Karl van Bibber of UC Berkeley and Mark Chadwick of Los Alamos National Laboratory discussed theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer and how his years at Berkeley shaped him, and how he shaped the university.
Jul 21, 2023 · Strauss, whom Oppenheimer had humiliated at a Congressional hearing about whether or not to ban the sale of radioisotopes, took a particular dislike to the physicist.
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Jan 8, 2024 · Physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer is often called the “father of the atomic bomb” for leading the Manhattan Project, the program that developed the first nuclear weapon during World War II.
J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967) was an American theoretical physicist. During the Manhattan Project, Oppenheimer was director of the Los Alamos Laboratory and responsible for the research and design of an atomic bomb. He is often known as the “father of the atomic bomb.”
