J. Robert Oppenheimer was a theoretical physicist. During World War II, he served as director of the Manhattan Project’s Los Alamos Laboratory, where he led the effort to develop the world’s ...

J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967) was an American theoretical physicist. Oppenheimer was director of the Los Alamos Laboratory during the Manhattan Project and therefore responsible for the research ...

Robert Oppenheimer's name has become almost synonymous with the atomic bomb, and also with the dilemma facing scientists when the interests of the nation and their own conscience collide.

Based on the biography American Prometheus about J. Robert Oppenheimer, the theoretical physicist who developed the first nuclear weapons during World War II, the epic drama explores his life and ...

Cillian Murphy plays J. Robert Oppenheimer, "the father of the atomic bomb," in the 2023 film Stephanie Kaloi is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022.