j. robert oppenheimer
"Father of the A-Bomb"
- Paul Nitze
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist, "Remembering Oppenheimer", Mar/Apr 2004
- Paul Nitze
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist, "Remembering Oppenheimer", Mar/Apr 2004
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"The years 1925 to 1926 he spent at Cambridge University, where he was exposed to the great personality of Lord Rutherford. It was the time when Heisenberg, Born and Schroedinger were developing quantum mechanics. Robert was fascinated and immediately accepted when an invitation came from Max Born to work with him at Gottingen. Here he took his Ph.D in the spring of 1927." |
Los alamos
"Oppenheimer was the wartime director for the Los Alamos Laboratory, which was responsible for developing the atomic bomb." |
The Moment in Time: The Manhattan Project, 2000
"For his work at Los Alamos, Oppenheimer received the Medal of Merit from President Truman in 1946, 'for his great scientific experience and ability, his inexhaustible energy, his rare capacity as an organizer and executive, his initiative and resourcefulness, and his unswerving devotion to duty...'" |
"When the announcer shouted 'Now!' and there came this tremendous burst of light, followed...by the deep-growling roar of the explosion, his face relaxed into an expression of tremendous relief." "...for the first time a nuclear fire was kindled by man. Every one of us, and Oppenheimer more than anyone, was deeply shaken by this event." |
Frank Oppenheimer describing Trinity test.
The Moment in Time: The Manhattan Project, 2000 |
controversy
"In 1953, under the influence of the McCarthy madness, the government withdrew Oppenheimer's clearance for secret work for the Defense Department and the AEC."
- Hans Bethe
Science, "Fermi Prize: J. Robert Oppenheimer Named to Receive Annual AEC Award", Apr. 12 1963
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer, 2009
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The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer, 2009
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