Read this article to know about the 'Father of Atomic Bomb', reason behind this nickname, Manhattan Project and 5 facts about ...

He was an immigrant’s son. A sailor. An equestrian. And a poet who wrote about a small Long Island town where he enjoyed idyllic holidays. He was also a scientific genius who was well versed in eight ...

J. Robert Oppenheimer was brilliant, arrogant, proud, charismatic — and a national hero. Under his leadership during World War II, the United States succeeded in becoming the first nation to harness ...

Oppenheimer’s life and work shaped the course of the 20th century, but his legacy is highly controversial. This video ...

TOKYO >> The ghost of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967), who led the development of the U.S. atomic bomb, is the main character of a Noh play titled “Oppenheimer,” to be performed on ...

Eric Singer, a historian specializing in The Cold War era, read Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin’s 2006 Pulitzer-Prize winning American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer three ...

In a nuclear conflict, total victory is not an option. We might as well stop pretending it is. By Charles Oppenheimer Charles Oppenheimer is the grandson of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the theoretical ...

Christopher Nolan's movie "Oppenheimer" brought the physicist to the forefront of 21st-century pop culture, but there's more to know about his personal life.

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 ...

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 ...