Episode 183: Not the Hero | J. Robert Oppenheimer

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