J. Robert Oppenheimer
Born April 22, 1904 (Age: 121)
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New York City, New York, USA
Biography
J. Robert Oppenheimer was an American theoretical physicist. A professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, Oppenheimer was the wartime head of the Los Alamos Laboratory and is often credited as the "father of the atomic bomb" for his role in the Manhattan Project – the World War II undertaking that developed the first nuclear weapons. Oppenheimer was among those who observed the Trinity test in New Mexico, where the first atomic bomb was successfully detonated on July 16, 1945.
J. Robert Oppenheimer was an American theoretical physicist. A professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, Oppenheimer was the wartime head of the Los Alamos Laboratory and is often credited as the "father of the atomic bomb" for his role in the Manhattan Project – the World War II undertaking that developed the first nuclear weapons. Oppenheimer was among those who observed the Trinity test in New Mexico, where the first atomic bomb was successfully detonated on July 16, 1945.
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Filmography
The Moment in Time: The Manhattan Project
2000
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 96
Los Alamos: The Beginning
1982
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 77
The Day After Trinity
1981
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 76
The Decision to Drop the Bomb
1965
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as Self
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Age: 60
No Image
Hugh Bradner Films (Los Alamos)
1945
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as self
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Age: 40