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A 1963 portrait of J. Robert Oppenheimer,

the subject of the biography “American Prometheus”

and a new film based on the book.

Photograph: Eddie Adams

Associated Press

Behind ‘Oppenheimer,’

a Prizewinning Biography 25 Years in the Making

Martin Sherwin struck the deal and dove into the research.

But it was only when Kai Bird joined as a collaborator

that “American Prometheus” came to be.

NYT

Published July 10, 2023

Updated July 11, 2023

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/10/b
ooks/oppenheimer-american-prometheus-sherwin-bird.html

J. Robert Oppenheimer

at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J.,

in 1957.

His security clearance

with the Atomic Energy Commission was revoked in 1954

after he was accused of having Communist sympathies.

Photograph; John Rooney

Associated Press

J. Robert Oppenheimer Cleared of ‘Black Mark’ After 68 Years

The physicist and architect of the American atomic bomb

was stripped of his security clearance in 1954

after what is now called a flawed investigation.

NYT

December 16, 2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/16/
science/j-robert-oppenheimer-energy-department.html

Albert Einstein and Robert Oppenheimer

in a posed photograph at the Institute for Advanced Study.

Date: circa 1950

Source:
http://www.dtra.mil/press_resources/photo_library/CS/CS-1.cfm [dead link]

Author:
Image courtesy of US Govt. Defense Threat Reduction Agency

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J. Robert Oppenheimer en una foto sin fecha.

Credit...Associated Press

La verdadera tragedia de Oppenheimer

NYT

23 de julio de 2023

https://www.nytimes.com/es/2023/07/23/
espanol/opinion/robert-oppenheimer-que-hizo.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/17
/opinion/kai-bird-oppenheimer-christopher-nolan.html

J. Robert Oppenheimer, third from left,

with other scientists at a nuclear test site

near Alamogordo, N.M

Credit: Bettmann, via Getty Images

Oppenheimer and the Chain Reactions of Our Own Making

The film “Oppenheimer”

is not just about the life of a man central to the atomic bomb project:

It tells a story of ambition

and petty grievances spiraling out of anyone’s control.

NYT

July 27, 2023

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/27/
world/oppenheimer-chain-reaction.html

From the archives:

Robert Oppenheimer in 1965

on if the bomb was necessary

From the archives:

Robert Oppenheimer in 1965 on if the bomb was necessary

Video CBS news 19 July 2023

In a 1965 interview with CBS News,

J. Robert Oppenheimer said about the atomic bomb,

"The ending of the war by this means, certainly cruel,

was not undertaken lightly.

But I am not, as of today, confident

that a better course was then open.

I have not a very good answer to this question."

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdtLxlttrHg

OPPENHEIMER:

The Decision to Drop the Bomb (1965)

OPPENHEIMER: The Decision to Drop the Bomb (1965)

Video NBC News 15 July 2023

J Robert Oppenheimer and other key figures involved in the decision

to drop the first atomic bomb discuss their motivations

in this rare NBC News documentary.

Originally produced two decades

after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki,

this presentation features new insight

from NBC News Presidential Historian Michael Beschloss.

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JWxIVVeV98

Julius Robert Oppenheimer 1904-1967

theoretical physicist

He was the director of the Los Alamos Laboratory

during World War II, and is often credited

as the "father of the atomic bomb"

for his role in the Manhattan Project,

the research and development undertaking

that created the first nuclear weapons.

Source: Wikipedia, 13 July 2023

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/28/
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bolster-defense-of-oppenheimers-loyalty.html

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4648060/oppenheimer-american-prometheus

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archives/oppenheimer-the-father-of-the-atomic-bomb-
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