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  1. J. Robert Oppenheimer (born Julius Robert Oppenheimer; / ˈɒpənhaɪmər / OP-ən-hy-mər; April 22, 1904 – February 18, 1967) was an American theoretical physicist. He was director of the Manhattan Project 's Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II and is often called the "father of the atomic bomb ".

  2. Julius Robert Oppenheimer (April 22, 1904 – February 18, 1967) was an American physicist of Jewish descent. He was the scientific director of the Manhattan Project. In World War II. The project built the first nuclear weapons. That is why Oppenheimer is called "the father of the atomic bomb".

  3. May 28, 2024 · J. Robert Oppenheimer, the brilliant physicist behind the Manhattan Project, played a pivotal role in developing atomic weapons and forever changed the course of history with his contributions to nuclear science.

  4. Jan 8, 2024 · Physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer is often called the “father of the atomic bomb” for leading the Manhattan Project, the program that developed the first nuclear weapon during World War II.

  5. Jul 21, 2023 · The three-hour (and nine second) biopic centers, as its title suggests, on J. Robert Oppenheimer (played by Cillian Murphy), the theoretical physicist widely known as the “father of the...

  6. Jul 13, 2023 · Oppenheimer was the emotional and intellectual heart of the Manhattan Project: more than any other single person he had made the bomb a reality. Jeremy Bernstein, who worked with him after the...

  7. Jun 20, 2023 · J. Robert Oppenheimer is known as the “father of the atomic bomb” for his role in creating the first nuclear weapon during World War II. The theoretical physicist was director of the...

  8. Explore how Oppenheimer made a meaningful and lasting mark. Brilliant and complicated, J. Robert Oppenheimer was instrumental to the success of the Manhattan Project — the top-secret effort to build an atomic bomb to help bring an end to World War II.

  9. Born Julius Robert Oppenheimer on April 22, 1904, in New York City, Oppenheimer grew up in a Manhattan apartment adorned with paintings by van Gogh, Cézanne, and Gauguin. His father, Julius Oppenheimer, was a German immigrant who worked in his family's textile importing business.

  10. J. (Julius) Robert Oppenheimer was born in New York City on April 22, 1904. His parents, Julius S. Oppenheimer, a wealthy German textile merchant, and Ella Friedman, an artist, were of Jewish descent but did not observe the religious traditions.

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