Oppenheimer, J. Robert
The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
|
2001
|
© The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military 2001, originally published by Oxford University Press 2001. (Hide copyright information)
Copyright
Oppenheimer, J. Robert (1904–67) theoretical physicist and director of the
Los Alamos National Laboratory (1942–45), born Julius Robert Oppenheimer in New York City. As director of the bomb design unit of the
Manhattan Project, Oppenheimer recommended the site, recruited the scientists, and supervised more than 1,500 people, successfully mediating the demands of the military with those of the scientists. In addition, he solved innumerable theoretical and practical scientific problems. Deeply affected by the devastation wrought by the bomb, Oppenheimer resigned from the laboratory and later opposed development of the hydrogen bomb. From 1946 until 1952 Oppenheimer chaired the general advisory committee of the
Atomic Energy Commission, but in 1953 his security clearance was revoked because of leftist associations dating from the prewar period. He also directed the
Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton (1947–52).
Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.
 "The Economist (US)")
|
Destroyer of worlds; Robert Oppenheimer.(American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer)(The Ruin of J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Birth of the Modern Arms Race)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 7/23/2005; 700+ words
; ...rest ofhuman experience. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer. By Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin. The Ruin of J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Birth of the Modern Arms Race. By Priscilla J. McMillan.
|
|
Deconstructing an Enigma; The love-hate relationship with J. Robert Oppenheimer
Newspaper article from: Jewish Exponent; 8/26/2004; ; 700+ words
; Leiter, Robert Jewish Exponent 08-26-2004 When...the 1950s and '60s, the physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer was something of a hero in our precocious...The Tangled Lives and Loyalties of Robert Oppenheimer, Ernest Lawrence and Edward Teller...
|
|
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer.(Book review)
Magazine article from: History Today; 4/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin Atlantic Books 736pp 25 [pounds sterling] ISBN 1 843 54704 X The story of Robert Oppenheimer, the American physicist, is one of those...
|
|
J. Robert Oppenheimer: Chasing the Elusive Man Who Designed Atomic Bombs.(Oppenheimer: Portrait of an Enigma )(Book Review)
Magazine article from: World and I; 8/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...nuclear strategy to social policy. OPPENHEIMER: PORTRAIT OF AN ENIGMA By Jeremy...physicist I.I. Rabi, a friend of J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-67), once told Jeremy...told people that the initial "J." in his name did not stand...
|
|
J. Robert Oppenheimer; Chasing the elusive man who designed atomic bombs.(BOOKS)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 5/2/2004; 700+ words
; ...winning physicist I. I. Rabi, a friend of J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-67), once told Jeremy Bernstein...included the famous scientist's very name. Oppenheimer customarily told people that the initial "J." in his name did not stand for anything...
|
 "Skeptic (Altadena, CA)")
|
The chess master and the checkers players: the curious case of J. Robert Oppenheimer.
Magazine article from: Skeptic (Altadena, CA); 3/22/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...film review of the Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer, by David Grubin, as part...documentary film The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer, produced by David Grubin...The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Vintage, 2005), along...
|
|
Containing the fire.(American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of Robert Oppenheimer)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Issues in Science and Technology; 6/22/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin. New York: Vintage, 2005...Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin has won the National Book...
|
 "USA Today (Magazine)")
|
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: USA Today (Magazine); 3/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...AMERICAN PROMETHEUS The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer BY KAI BIRD AND MARTIN J. SHERWIN ALFRED A. KNOPF 2005, 720 PAGES...biography of "the father of the atomic bomb," J. Robert Oppenheimer, it gives readers an insight into the fame...
|
|
109 East Palace: Robert Oppenheimer and the Secret City of Los Alamos.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Biography; 9/22/2005; ; 667 words
; Oppenheimer, J. Robert 109 East Palace: Robert Oppenheimer...Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer. Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin...721 pp. $35.00. The Ruin of J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Birth of the Modern Arms...
|
|
AMERICAN PROMETHEUS: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Magazine article from: USA Today; 3/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...AMERICAN PROMETHEUS The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer BY KAI BIRD AND MARTIN J. SHERWIN ALFRED A. KNOPF 2005, 720 PAGES...biography of "the father of the atomic bomb," J. Robert Oppenheimer, it gives readers an insight into the fame...
|
|
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
J. Robert Oppenheimer The American physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967) made fundamental...N.Mex. On April 22, 1904, J. Robert Oppenheimer, whose father was a German immigrant...
|
|
Oppenheimer, J. Robert 1904-1967
Book article from: American Decades
OPPENHEIMER, J. ROBERT 1904-1967 Physicist Young Genius Born in New York City, J. Robert Oppenheimer completed the four-year undergraduate program at Harvard University...
|
|
Oppenheimer, J. Robert
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
OPPENHEIMER, J. ROBERT ( b. New York, N.Y., 22 April...1967) theoretical physics. Robert Oppenheimer achieved great distinction in four...following a chronological order. J. Robert Oppenheimer was the son of Julius Oppenheimer...
|
|
Harris, Robert
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
Harris, Robert (1900–95), English actor, who made his first appearance in 1923 in Barrie...and in 1966 he returned to the West End in the title-role of Kipphardt's In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer .
|
|
|
Teller, Edward 1908-
Book article from: American Decades
...Project to build an atomic bomb, J. Robert Oppenheimer brought Teller, who had become...to developing the bomb. When Oppenheimer became head of a centralized...other scientists, including Oppenheimer, James B. Conant, Enrico...
|
