J. Robert Oppenheimer

    J. Robert Oppenheimer

    April 22, 1904 (120 years old) in New York City, New York, USA

    J. Robert Oppenheimer was an American theoretical physicist. A professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, Oppenheimer was the wartime head of the Los Alamos Laboratory and is often credited as the "father of the atomic bomb" for his role in the Manhattan Project – the World War II undertaking that developed the first nuclear weapons. Oppenheimer was among those who observed the Trinity test in New Mexico, where the first atomic bomb was successfully detonated on July 16, 1945.

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    To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic BombTo End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb
    Crusade in EuropeCrusade in Europe
    Breakpoint: A Counter History of ProgressBreakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
    Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb MovieTrinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie
    Oppenheimer: The Real StoryOppenheimer: The Real Story

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