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J. Robert Oppenheimer (born Julius Robert Oppenheimer; / ˈ ɒ p ən h aɪ m ər / 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.
Before World War II, Robert Oppenheimer had been professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley.The scion of a wealthy New York family, [1] he was a graduate of Harvard University and had studied in Europe at the University of Cambridge in England, [2] the University of Göttingen in Germany (where he had earned his doctorate in physics at the age of 23 under the supervision of ...
Belonging to different generations, Einstein (1879–1955) and Oppenheimer (1904–1967), with the full development of quantum mechanics by 1925 marking a delineation, represented the shifted approach in being either a theoretical physicist or an experimental physicist since the mid-1920s when being both became rare due to the division of labor.
The J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Prize and Medal was awarded by the Center for Theoretical Studies, University of Miami, from 1969, until 1984. Established in memory of US physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer , the award consisted of a medal, certificate and a $1000 honorarium.
Haakon Maurice Chevalier (September 10, 1901 – July 4, 1985) was an American writer, translator, and professor of French literature at the University of California, Berkeley best known for his friendship with physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, whom he met at Berkeley, California in 1937.
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer is a 2005 biography of theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, the leader of the Manhattan Project which produced the first nuclear weapons, written by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin over a period of 25 years.
[1] [2] He was a Fellow of the Physical Society. [3] He and his wife were suspected of being agents of the USSR looking for US atom bomb secrets. He was named by Robert Oppenheimer when interviewed by the Atomic Energy Commission [4] which resulted in Oppenheimer being stripped of his security clearance, in the so-called Chevalier Incident.
EPSRC Established Career Fellowship [1] Scientific career: Fields: quantum information theory quantum gravity: Institutions: University College London University of Cambridge Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University University of Alberta [1] Thesis: Quantum Time (2000) Doctoral advisor: Bill Unruh: Website: www.ucl.ac.uk /oppenheim /