Robert Oppenheimer's name has become almost synonymous with the atomic bomb, and also with the dilemma facing scientists when the interests of the nation and their own conscience collide.

Many hope it will answer a question that has long divided Americans and the country’s understanding of its history: Who exactly was J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb?

J. Robert Oppenheimer famously referred to himself as becoming “Death, the destroyer of worlds” in response to the first detonation of a nuclear weapon on July 16, 1945. Nearly 80 years later ...

Overseeing the project was US Brig. Gen. Leslie Groves and American physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer. You might recognize Oppenheimer's name from Christopher Nolan's 2023 blockbuster movie.

Meanwhile, “Oppenheimer” — which took home seven Oscars for its portrayal of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, the integral figure in the top-secret U.S. effort to make the first atomic bomb ...

A brilliant scientist, Oppenheimer was tasked with the development of the atomic bomb in the top-secret Manhattan Project at Los Alamos, New Mexico during World War II.

Christopher Nolan's film focuses on physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy), who led the race to develop the atomic ...

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J. Robert Oppenheimer was a theoretical physicist. During World War II, he served as director of the Manhattan Project’s Los Alamos Laboratory, where he led the effort to develop the world’s ...

J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967) was an American theoretical physicist. Oppenheimer was director of the Los Alamos Laboratory during the Manhattan Project and therefore responsible for the research ...

Leading the team was J. Robert Oppenheimer, an American theoretical physicist. Oppenheimer was a visionary, and a leader. But he was also human, with flaws and guilt. This, is his story.