The American theoretical physicist J Robert Oppenheimer examines the impact of quantum and atomic theory on the way societies view themselves and others in six Reith lectures.
It's a problem for now." Originally trained in astrophysics, Oppenheimer pivoted to climate science after stumbling across an MIT alumni magazine article in the late 1960s, detailing the effect ...
Robert Oppenheimer's name has become almost synonymous with the atomic bomb, and also with the dilemma facing scientists when the interests of the nation and their own conscience collide.
A brilliant scientist, Oppenheimer was tasked with the development of the atomic bomb in the top-secret Manhattan Project at Los Alamos, New Mexico during World War II.
which would become Oppenheimer's field of study. The younger scientist later called Einstein "completely cuckoo." It wasn't until the last decade of Einstein's life, after the bombs had already ...
The award-winning Hollywood film about atomic bomb scientist Robert Oppenheimer is drawing mixed reactions in Japan since opening two weeks ago. The three-hour drama debuted eight months earlier ...