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  2. Apr 24, 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.

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  3. Jan 8, 2024 · Famous Scientists. J. Robert Oppenheimer. Physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer is often called the “father of the atomic bomb” for leading the Manhattan Project, the program that developed the first...

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  4. 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 ".

  5. 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...

  6. Jul 21, 2023 · Oppenheimer became famous because of his role in the Manhattan Project. In a speech before leaving Project Y he warned of the dangers of wars fought with atomic bombs, which he called “a most terrible weapon.”

  7. Nuclear physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer was the director of the Los Alamos Laboratory that designed the bombs. The Army program was designated the Manhattan District, as its first headquarters were in Manhattan; the name gradually superseded the official codename, Development of Substitute Materials, for the entire project.

  8. May 15, 2019 · Fast Facts: Robert J. Oppenheimer. Known For: Leader of the Manhattan Project, which developed the atomic bomb. Also Known As: Father of the Atomic Bomb. Born: April 22, 1904 in New York City, New York. Parents: Julius Oppenheimer, Ella Friedman. Died: February 18, 1967 in Princeton, New Jersey.

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