| Date: | April 19, 2006 12:49 pm |
| Subject: | Science | | Word Count: | 144 | | Page Count: | 1 |
Oppenheimer And The Atomic Bomb
Julius Robert Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb
J. Robert Oppenheimer was a brilliant physicist and known as the ”Father of the Atomic Bomb”. A charismatic leader of rare good qualities and commonplace flaws, Oppenheimer brought an uncommon sensibility to research, teaching, and government science. After help creating the atomic bomb with the Manhattan Project he was banned from the U.S. Government during the McCarthy Trials. He opposed the idea of stockpiling nuclear weapons and was deemed a security risk. Oppenheimer’s life reveals the conflict between war, science and how politics collided in the 1940’s through the 1960’s. His case became a cause celebre in the world of science because of its implications concerning political and moral issues relating to the role of scientists in government.
Oppenheimer, the son of German immigrants, who had made their fortune in textiles, had the
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