J. Robert Oppenheimer, an American theoretical physicist who is often referred to as the “father of the atomic bomb.” He played a significant role in the Manhattan Project, the U.S. government’s World War II-era project that developed the first nuclear weapons. Oppenheimer was born in 1904 and became one of the leading physicists of his time. He was appointed as the scientific director of the Manhattan Project in 1942. Under his leadership, the project successfully developed and tested the first atomic bombs in 1945. After the war, Oppenheimer became an…
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