Editor’s note: This essay is paired with a second essay that offers a contrasting perspective about J. Robert Oppenheimer. On August 6, 1945, the day the atomic bomb exploded above the city of ...
Charles Oppenheimer knows his family name comes with a heavy responsibility. He's the grandson of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the physicist who led the Manhattan Project, becoming the father of the atomic ...
Introduction -- Defying the odds / Cynthia C. Kelly -- ch. 1. Introducing Oppenheimer -- Oppenheimer reconsidered / Jeff Bingaman -- Robert Oppenheimer : king of the hill / Richard Rhodes -- A novel ...
NEW YORK -- Robert Oppenheimer was known as "the father of the atomic bomb" and he became a household name after WWII. The issues raised by the start of the nuclear age remain highly relevant now, and ...
Editor’s note: This essay is paired with a second essay that offers a contrasting perspective about J. Robert Oppenheimer. When I was in middle school, I read a lot. Late at night, when I should have ...