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.

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J. Robert Oppenheimer canonical	81
Robert Oppenheimer	7
J. Robert Oppenheimer (as central figure of the film)	1
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J. Robert Oppenheimer, scientific director of the Manhattan Project	1
Julius Robert Oppenheimer	1

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instanceOf	academic ⓘ human ⓘ theoretical physicist ⓘ university teacher ⓘ
awardReceived	Enrico Fermi Award ⓘ Medal for Merit ⓘ
causeOfDeath	throat cancer ⓘ
child	Katherine Oppenheimer ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Cambridge University ⓘ surface form: University of Cambridge University of Göttingen ⓘ
employer	California Institute of Technology ⓘ Institute for Advanced Study ⓘ University of California, Berkeley ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Jewish American ⓘ
familyName	Manhattan Project ⓘ surface form: Oppenheimer
fieldOfWork	astrophysics ⓘ nuclear physics ⓘ quantum mechanics ⓘ theoretical physics ⓘ
fullName	J. Robert Oppenheimer self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: 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	Province of New Jersey ⓘ surface form: New Jersey Princeton University ⓘ surface form: 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	University of California, Berkeley ⓘ surface form: Berkeley Los Alamos Laboratory ⓘ Pasadena ⓘ

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