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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 was played by Sam Waterston in a 1980 BBC miniseries that culminated in the security hearing. The series was broadcast in the U.S. in 1982. [146] In 2009, David Strathairn starred as Oppenheimer in the American Experience PBS anthology series documentary, The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer, centering around the security hearing.
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?
What happened to J. Robert Oppenheimer and how did he die? Here's a summary of his life after the events of Oppenheimer.
J. Robert Oppenheimer, creator of the atom bomb and subject of a magisterial biography and now an epic film, at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J., on April 5, 1963.
Fermi was among the scientists who testified on Oppenheimer's behalf at the Oppenheimer security hearing in 1954 that resulted in the denial of Oppenheimer's security clearance. [125] In his later years, Fermi continued teaching at the University of Chicago, where he was a founder of what later became the Enrico Fermi Institute.
In nuclear fusion, the nuclei of light elements are fused to create a heavier element.. To review this work and the general theory of fission reactions, Oppenheimer and Fermi convened meetings at the University of Chicago in June and at the University of California in Berkeley, in July with theoretical physicists Hans Bethe, John Van Vleck, Edward Teller, Emil Konopinski, Robert Serber, Stan ...