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ABOUT
Led America into the atomic era with his research into nuclear physics and supervision of the Los Alamos laboratories from the very beginning of the Manhattan Project. In 1953, after a military report linked him to Communists in the past, he lost his prestigious position within the U.S. government.Almost a decade after his reputation was ruined by allegations that he had communist sympathies President John F. Kennedy awarded him the Enrico Fermi Award.After Albert Einstein warned the U.S. government that Germany was working on atomic weapons, he turned his attentionl to the practical question of how to make those weapons first.
BEFORE FAMEAt their height, the Los Alamos laboratories, which he designed, employed over 3,000 people, all engaged into researching the splitting of the atom.
PERSONAL LIFEHe was born in New York City, his father Julius S. Oppenheimer was a successful textile merchant, and his mother Ella Friedman was a non-observant Jew.
Historical Events in the Life of Robert Oppenheimer
1954-4-13 Robert Oppenheimer accused of being a communist
1954-6-29 US Atomic Energy Commission voted against reinstating Dr Robert Oppenheimer
Scientist Robert Oppenheimer were born on Friday, in a leap year, birthstone is Diamond, the seaon was Spring in the Chinese year of Dragon, it is 110 days until Robert Oppenheimer next birthday.
