Editor’s note: This essay is paired with a second essay that offers a contrasting perspective about J. Robert Oppenheimer. On August 6, 1945, the day the atomic bomb exploded above the city of ...

NEW YORK -- Robert Oppenheimer was known as "the father of the atomic bomb" and he became a household name after WWII. The issues raised by the start of the nuclear age remain highly relevant now, and ...

After World War II, the nation hailed Julius Robert Oppenheimer as a hero, but he considered himself a villain. And when Oppenheimer turned on his creation, it blew up his life.

Charles Oppenheimer knows his family name comes with a heavy responsibility. He's the grandson of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the physicist who led the Manhattan Project, becoming the father of the atomic ...

Introduction -- Defying the odds / Cynthia C. Kelly -- ch. 1. Introducing Oppenheimer -- Oppenheimer reconsidered / Jeff Bingaman -- Robert Oppenheimer : king of the hill / Richard Rhodes -- A novel ...