Episode 183: Not the Hero | J. Robert Oppenheimer

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Episode 183: Not the Hero | J. Robert Oppenheimer
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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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