J. Robert Oppenheimer

Born

April 22, 1904

Died

February 18, 1967 (aged 62)

Known as

theoretical physicist, engineer, nuclear physicist, art collector, university teacher, science administrator

J. Robert Oppenheimer was an American theoretical physicist who served as the director of the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II. He is often called the "Father of the Atomic Bomb" for his role in overseeing the development of the first nuclear weapons.

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