J. Robert Oppenheimer

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academic human theoretical physicist university teacher

J. Robert Oppenheimer was an American theoretical physicist best known as the scientific director of the Manhattan Project, which developed the first nuclear weapons during World War II.

Aliases (4)

Robert Oppenheimer ×5
J. Robert Oppenheimer in Oppenheimer ×1
J. Robert Oppenheimer, scientific director of the Manhattan Project ×1
Julius Robert Oppenheimer ×1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic → human → theoretical physicist → university teacher →
awardReceived	Enrico Fermi Award → Medal for Merit →
causeOfDeath	throat cancer →
child	Katherine Oppenheimer Silber → Peter Oppenheimer →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1904-04-22 →
dateOfDeath	1967-02-18 →
doctoralAdvisor	Max Born →
doctoralStudent	Hartland Snyder → Melba Phillips → Murray Gell-Mann →
educatedAt	Harvard University → University of Cambridge → University of Göttingen →
employer	California Institute of Technology → Institute for Advanced Study → University of California, Berkeley →
ethnicGroup	Jewish American →
familyName	Oppenheimer →
fieldOfWork	astrophysics → nuclear physics → quantum mechanics → theoretical physics →
fullName	Julius Robert Oppenheimer →
givenName	Julius →
influenced	American nuclear policy debate →
influencedBy	Albert Einstein → Niels Bohr →
knownFor	development of the first nuclear weapons → scientific director of the Manhattan Project →
memberOf	American Physical Society → National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America →
notableQuote	Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds →
notableWork	Manhattan Project → Oppenheimer–Phillips process → Oppenheimer–Snyder model →
placeOfBirth	New York → New York City → United States of America →
placeOfDeath	New Jersey → Princeton → United States of America →
politicalActivity	opposed development of the hydrogen bomb →
positionHeld	director of the Institute for Advanced Study → professor of physics →
religion	secular Jew →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Katherine Oppenheimer → Katherine Puening →
subjectOf	American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer → Oppenheimer (2023 film) →
workLocation	Berkeley → Los Alamos Laboratory → Pasadena →

Referenced by (63)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Los Alamos, New Mexico → Secret City → Site X → Trinity test site, New Mexico →	associatedWith
Albert Einstein Award → Enrico Fermi Award → Medal for Merit ("Robert Oppenheimer") → Public Welfare Medal →	notableRecipient
Katherine Oppenheimer → Katherine Oppenheimer → Katherine Puening → Kitty Oppenheimer →	spouse
Born–Oppenheimer approximation → Oppenheimer–Phillips process → Oppenheimer–Volkoff limit →	namedAfter
Los Alamos Laboratory → Manhattan Engineer District →	chiefScientist
Alfred Loomis ("Robert Oppenheimer") → Seth Neddermeyer ("Robert Oppenheimer") →	collaboratedWith
Los Alamos Laboratory → Project Y →	director
Hartland Snyder → Robert F. Christy →	doctoralAdvisor
Hartland Snyder → Robert F. Christy →	influencedBy
American Prometheus → American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer →	mainSubject
Max Born ("Robert Oppenheimer") → Richard C. Tolman →	notableStudent
Melba Phillips →	academicAdvisor
V-Site buildings →	associatedWithPerson
General Advisory Committee of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission →	chairperson
Cillian Murphy ("J. Robert Oppenheimer in Oppenheimer") →	characterRole
Hartland Snyder →	coAuthor
Trinity →	codeNameBy
Robert Serber →	colleague
Oppenheimer–Volkoff limit →	derivedBy
Now It Can Be Told: The Story of the Manhattan Project →	describesPerson
Oppenheimer–Phillips process →	discoveredBy
United States Atomic Energy Commission →	employed
Radiation Laboratory →	employerOf
Peter Oppenheimer →	father
J. Robert Oppenheimer ("Julius Robert Oppenheimer") →	fullName
Hartland Snyder →	hasAcademicAdvisor
Kitty Oppenheimer →	hasNotableRelative
Tuxedo Park private laboratory ("Robert Oppenheimer") →	hostedScientist
Oppenheimer–Snyder model →	introducedBy
U.S. thermonuclear weapons program →	keyFigure
Oppenheimer (film score) →	narrativeFocus
General Advisory Committee of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission →	notableMember
Katherine Oppenheimer →	notableRelative
Institute for Advanced Study →	notableScholar
Hartland Snyder →	notableStudentOf
Peter Oppenheimer →	parent
The Gadget →	projectDirector
Manhattan Project →	scientificDirector
Katherine Puening →	spouseOf
Kitty Oppenheimer ("J. Robert Oppenheimer, scientific director of the Manhattan Project") →	spouseOfFamousFor
Martin J. Sherwin →	studied
Oppenheimer (2023 film) →	subject
Norris Bradbury →	succeeded
Trinity test device →	supervisedBy
Trinity →	supervisingScientist