The first Atoms for Peace Award went to Niels Bohr in 1957, honoring his groundbreaking atomic structure research and his post-war efforts to promote nuclear energy's safe, peaceful applications. His wife Margrethe…



J. Robert Oppenheimer foi um físico teórico americano que remodelou a história como diretor do Laboratório de Los Alamos do Projeto Manhattan.
The first Atoms for Peace Award went to Niels Bohr in 1957, honoring his groundbreaking atomic structure research and his post-war efforts to promote nuclear energy's safe, peaceful applications. His wife Margrethe…
J. Robert Oppenheimer helped pioneer modern black-hole physics back in 1939 when he teamed up with Hartland Snyder to publish On Continued Gravitational Contraction. The duo from the University of California, Berkeley…
A 1958 portrait captures J. Robert Oppenheimer, known as The Father of the Atomic Bomb, in a classic black and white shot. He wears a suit and tie while holding a pipe to his mouth, staring straight at the camera with a…
The line "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds" is inextricably bound to J. Robert Oppenheimer following his observation of the first atomic detonation at the Trinity test. This famous quote pulls directly from…
J. Robert Oppenheimer lectured at Kyoto University on September 14, 1960 in Kyoto, Japan #RobertOppenheimer #KyotoUniversity
J. Robert Oppenheimer is inextricably linked to the declaration "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." This statement originates from the Bhagavad Gita, a revered Hindu scripture. The specific reference aligns…
Robert J. Oppenheimer once framed the divide neatly: the optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears it's true. The man was a major figure in science, and that line still lands
J. Robert Oppenheimer watched the first atomic bomb detonate in Alamogordo on 16 July 1945. Eight seconds after the blast, at 05:29:53, he recalled a line from the Bhagavad Gita: “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of…
Twenty years after World War II concluded, Dr. Robert Oppenheimer pondered if the atomic bomb was truly required.
Robert Oppenheimer questioned atomic bomb necessity 1965
J. Robert Oppenheimer delivered a lecture at Kyoto University on September 14, 1960, in Kyoto, Japan.
A rare 1940s photo captures Albert Einstein and J. Robert Oppenheimer in conversation at the Institute for Advanced Study.