Oppenheimer:
J. Robert Oppenheimer was born to on April 22, 1904 in New York City to a pair of Jewish immigrants. Oppenheimer attended Harvard University where he wanted to be a chemist but decided quickly to become a physicist. After completing his degree at Harvard he went to England to begin his research of atomic theory under the eyes of J.J. Thompson. After extensive studies involving “astrophysics, nuclear physics, spectroscopy and quantum field theory” Oppenheimer ended up at Berkeley as the Second World War was just beginning. Robert agreed with both Albert Einstein and Leo Szliard on the belief that Germany was capable of creating a nuclear weapon which could be used against the allies. After this point was made Oppenheimer was offered the job of the scientific director of the Manhattan Project, which was a project to harness nuclear energy for military purposes, in June of 1942. Oppenheimer used his resources well and brought in all of the best scientific minds of the day to work on this gigantic experiment. However, he would receive most of the accolades rightfully being deemed “The Father of the Atomic Bomb.” The Manhattan project finally was completed in 1945 after the first successful nuclear explosion in the desert of New Mexico. However, after watching the effects that the bomb had over the city of Hiroshima, Oppenheimer argued profusely against the use of the bomb again. However, his damage was done and the United States dropped the second bomb over Nagasaki. After the war Oppenheimer was appointed the “chairman of the General Advisory Committee of the Atomic Energy Commission” where he later would voice his strong disapproval for the hydrogen bomb. Oppenheimer would later die from throat cancer on February 18, 1967, in New York City.
J. Robert Oppenheimer was born to on April 22, 1904 in New York City to a pair of Jewish immigrants. Oppenheimer attended Harvard University where he wanted to be a chemist but decided quickly to become a physicist. After completing his degree at Harvard he went to England to begin his research of atomic theory under the eyes of J.J. Thompson. After extensive studies involving “astrophysics, nuclear physics, spectroscopy and quantum field theory” Oppenheimer ended up at Berkeley as the Second World War was just beginning. Robert agreed with both Albert Einstein and Leo Szliard on the belief that Germany was capable of creating a nuclear weapon which could be used against the allies. After this point was made Oppenheimer was offered the job of the scientific director of the Manhattan Project, which was a project to harness nuclear energy for military purposes, in June of 1942. Oppenheimer used his resources well and brought in all of the best scientific minds of the day to work on this gigantic experiment. However, he would receive most of the accolades rightfully being deemed “The Father of the Atomic Bomb.” The Manhattan project finally was completed in 1945 after the first successful nuclear explosion in the desert of New Mexico. However, after watching the effects that the bomb had over the city of Hiroshima, Oppenheimer argued profusely against the use of the bomb again. However, his damage was done and the United States dropped the second bomb over Nagasaki. After the war Oppenheimer was appointed the “chairman of the General Advisory Committee of the Atomic Energy Commission” where he later would voice his strong disapproval for the hydrogen bomb. Oppenheimer would later die from throat cancer on February 18, 1967, in New York City.