A dramatization of the life story of j Robert oppenheimer, the theoretical physicist who led the manhattan project. Robert oppenheimer, the physicist who had a large hand in the development of the atomic bombs that brought an end to world war ii.
Robert oppenheimer, the brilliant physicist behind the manhattan project, played a pivotal role in developing atomic weapons and forever changed the course of history with his contributions to nuclear science. Since the end of world war ii, historians and artists alike have been fascinated by the brilliant, enigmatic j Robert was a solitary and precocious child who enjoyed mineralogy and writing poetry
A brilliant theoretical physicist, j Robert oppenheimer was tapped to head up a laboratory in los alamos, new mexico, as part of u.s Efforts to develop nuclear weapons. During the manhattan project, oppenheimer was director of the los alamos laboratory and responsible for the research and design of an atomic bomb
He is often known as the “father of the atomic bomb.”