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J. Robert Oppenheimer

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Born April 22, 1904 · New York City, New York, USA

Died February 18, 1967

Also known as Роберт Оппенгеймер · Julius Robert Oppenheimer

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Biography

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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Awards & recognition

  • Enrico Fermi Award · 1963
  • Foreign Member of the Royal Society · 1962
  • Nessim-Habif Award · 1962
  • Knight of the Legion of Honour · 1958
  • Three Physicists Prize · 1958
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  • Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award · 1947
  • Medal — Merit · 1946
  • Messenger Lectures · 1945
  • Fellow of the American Physical Society
  • honorary doctor of the University of Calcutta
  • honorary doctorate from Princeton University
  • Officer of the Legion of Honour
  • Nobel Prize in Physics · 1955 · nominated
  • Nobel Prize in Physics · 1951 · nominated
  • Nobel Prize in Physics · 1946 · nominated

Filmography13 titles

Atomic People

2024as Self (archive footage)

Oppenheimer: The Real Story

2023as Self (archive footage)

Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War

2024as Self - Physicist (archive footage)

To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb

2023as Self (archive footage)

Oppenheimer After Trinity

2023as Self (archive footage)

The Day After Trinity

1981as Self (archive footage)

Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie

1995as Self (archive footage)

Crusade in Europe

1949as Self (archive footage)

Hiroshima

2005as Self (archive footage)

Nixon

1995as (Archive footage)

Awake: The Life of Yogananda

2014as Self (archive footage)

A Compassionate Spy

2022as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer

2008as Self (archive footage)