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Julius Robert Oppenheimer ( Nova Iorque, 22 de abril de 1904 – Princeton, 18 de fevereiro de 1967) foi um físico teórico americano e diretor do Laboratório Nacional Los Alamos durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial.
Oppenheimer came to the clandestine Lab in northern New Mexico as its first Director in 1943, hired by General Leslie Groves to accomplish a monumental feat: create the atomic bomb as quickly as possible to help end World War II. In just 27 months, Oppenheimer led his team to do just that, changing the world and affirming his scientific legacy.
Jul 11, 2023 · J. Robert Oppenheimer, often called the 'father of the atomic bomb,' was almost removed from the Manhattan Project after he fell under suspicion from a military intelligence officer at the Los ...
J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967) was an American theoretical physicist. During the Manhattan Project, Oppenheimer was director of the Los Alamos Laboratory and responsible for the research and design of an atomic bomb. He is often known as the “father of the atomic bomb.”. By the time the Manhattan Project was launched in the fall of 1942 ...
Feb 21, 2024 · A controversial figure to this day, J. Robert Oppenheimer led the development and construction of the world's first atomic weapons. Born in New York and educated at Harvard and Cambridge, Oppenheimer taught physics in California before embarking on his role in the Manhattan Project as the director of the top-secret Los Alamos Laboratory.
Jul 21, 2023 · Robert Oppenheimer began collaborating with Ernest Lawrence in early 1941 on questions of atomic bomb development. Lawrence used his Cyclotron particle accelerator to develop a method of uranium isotope separation for bomb making, and brought Oppenheimer into a secret meeting about the atomic bomb in October 1941.
Jul 18, 2023 · LinkedIn. Robert Oppenheimer is often placed next to Albert Einstein as the 20th century’s most famous physicist. He will forever be the “father of the atomic bomb” after the first nuclear ...
