It presents a new lens in which to consider one of the most well-known events in the US—but Oppenheimer is not the only way to access the memory of this history. Manhattan Project National ...

He did not push back on the decision, later hiring Serber to work on the Manhattan Project. The Nazi effect Until the 1930s, Oppenheimer was resolutely indifferent to politics. Though he studied ...

Oppenheimer joined the Manhattan Project, a nationwide effort to build an atomic bomb before the Nazis developed one, in 1942. The scientists he led at the Los Alamos site were probably the most ...

It’s a terrific movie, historically accurate and thought-provoking. The film’s recurring theme is Oppenheimer’s nightmarish ...

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has moved its Doomsday Clock forward for 2025, announcing that it is now set to 89 ...

U.S. theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967) led the Manhattan Project, America’s wartime atomic bomb development initiative. He is also the main character of “Oppenheimer ...

Robert Oppenheimer, the American physicist who oversaw the Manhattan Project in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Naum Kazhdan/The New York Times The movie is based on “American Prometheus: The Triumph ...

Ore mined in the Northwest Territories was transported to Port Hope, Ont., then used to develop the bombs that were dropped ...

The card collecting industry has exploded in recent years to such an extent that industry leader Topps is now producing a Robert Oppenheimer card that's ...

Oppenheimer was director of the Los Alamos Laboratory during the Manhattan Project and therefore responsible for the research and design of the atomic bomb. He is often known as the “father of the ...

In reality, Oppenheimer consulted Arthur Compton, who was directing the University of Chicago efforts of the Manhattan Project. "I shifted that to Einstein," Nolan told the Times. "Einstein is the ...