J Robert Oppenheimer

Julius Robert Oppenheimer. (1904 – 1967). American theoretical physicist, professor of physics, and the wartime head of atomic bomb development.

Noteworthy

• Manhattan Project.
• “Father of the atomic bomb”.
• Supported efforts to help German physicists flee Nazi Germany.

Controversies

• Communist associations.
• "Fellow traveler".
• Over four weeks in 1954, the United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) explored background, actions, and associations,
• Testified to the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HCUA) in 1949.
• Mysticism.

See Also

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Robert_Oppenheimer
• J_Robert_Oppenheimer_quotes