J. Robert Oppenheimer (22 April 1904 – 18 February 1967) was an American theoretical physicist who served as director of the Los Alamos Laboratory during the Manhattan Project.[1]
Often called the "father of the atomic bomb," Oppenheimer led the wartime effort at Los Alamos to develop the first nuclear weapons.
Later years
After the war he became a leading advocate for international control of nuclear power and for opposition to the hydrogen bomb — a stance that led to the revocation of his security clearance in 1954.[2]
References
- Bird, K. & Sherwin, M. (2005). American Prometheus. Alfred A. Knopf.
- Rhodes, R. (1986). The Making of the Atomic Bomb. Simon & Schuster.
