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J. Robert Oppenheimer (born Julius Robert Oppenheimer; / ˈɒpənhaɪmər / OP-ən-hy-mər; April 22, 1904 – February 18, 1967) was an American theoretical physicist who served as the director of the Manhattan Project 's Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II.
The Real Tragedy of Robert Oppenheimer. Sam Kean examines the dark, restless side of the father of the atomic bomb. Portrait of Robert Oppenheimer. He could’ve been the next Einstein. Instead, Robert Oppenheimer fritted away his talents on trendy science and political gamesmanship—and it burned him deep in his soul.
J. Robert Oppenheimer died on February 18, 1967, at the age of 62. The cause of death was the outcome of a prolonged battle with throat cancer. Article continues after ad. The roots of...
What to know about how the true story of Oppenheimer's life compares to writer-director Christopher Nolan's new movie.
Oppenheimer retired from the Institute for Advanced Study in 1966 and died of throat cancer the following year. In 2014, 60 years after the proceedings that effectively ended Oppenheimer’s career, the U.S. Department of Energy released the full, declassified transcript of the hearing.
Oppenheimer insisted on defending himself, leading the AEC to call what became a highly publicized security hearing to resolve the matter.
The theoretical physicist was director of the Manhattan Project’s secret Los Alamos Laboratory, which created the bombs that killed an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 people in Hiroshima and ...
Oppenheimer was the emotional and intellectual heart of the Manhattan Project: more than any other single person he had made the bomb a reality.
Did the legendary physicist really regret his nuclear creation? The truth is as complicated as the science behind the bomb. Here’s how Oppenheimer birthed—and questioned—the atomic bomb.
A spokesman for the family said Dr. Oppenheimer died at 8 o'clock in his home on the grounds of the Institute for Advanced Study. He had been ailing since early last year with cancer of...