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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.
Oppenheimer is a 2023 epic biographical drama film written, produced, and directed by Christopher Nolan. [5] It follows the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American theoretical physicist who helped develop the first nuclear weapons during World War II.
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.
What Sherwin did not do, however, was sit down and write. J. Robert Oppenheimer, creator of the atom bomb and subject of a magisterial biography and now an epic film, at the Institute for Advanced ...
How did Oppenheimer die? Oppenheimer, a chain smoker, was diagnosed with throat cancer in 1965, according to "American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer" by Kai Bird and ...
The highly anticipated movie “Oppenheimer” finally lands in theaters Friday. But who was J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American physicist widely considered the father of the atomic bomb?
After dinner on the train they discussed the project while squeezed into Nichol's one-person roomette (of about 40" by 80" or 1m by 2m). Shortly afterwards Oppenheimer was appointed to head the Los Alamos Laboratory . [45] [46] October 19: Groves appoints Oppenheimer to coordinate the scientific research of the project at the Site Y laboratory.
Tatlock met Oppenheimer in 1936 when the physicist was teaching at Berkley. The two began dating, and Oppenheimer unsuccessfully proposed to her twice during this time.