Episode 183: Not the Hero | J. Robert Oppenheimer

Hillary and Tina cover physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer.

J. Robert Oppenheimer, hailed as a brilliant physicist, was once at the forefront of scientific progress, BUT his legacy took a monumental turn when he became the face of the top-secret Manhattan Project.

Sources

Hillary's Story

The Atlantic

The Open Mind--by J. Robert Oppenheimer

Atomic Archive

J. Robert Oppenheimer

Britannica

J. Robert Oppenheimer

History

J. Robert Oppenheimer: 5 Facts About the ‘Father of the Atomic Bomb’--by Becky Little

Life

Robert Oppenheimer in LIFE

National Geographic

Who is Oppenheimer? The controversial man behind the atomic bomb--by Erin Blakemore

National Park Service

The Life of J. Robert Oppenheimer: Life Before the Manhattan Project

NPR WLRN

Oppenheimer: American Prometheus--via Talk of the Nation

PBS

J. Robert Openheimer

Smithsonian

J. Robert Oppenheimer

Wikipedia

J. Robert Oppenheimer

Manhattan Project

Photos

J. Robert Oppenheimer--via History

Los Alamos Laboratory--via Atomic Heritage Foundation

Oppenheimer Alamos Lab ID Badge--from Los Alamos National Laboratory via Wikipedia

Trinity Test--photo by Jack W. Aeby (public domain) via Wikipedia

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