Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb? Oppenheimer’s name has become “a metaphor for mass death beneath a mushroom cloud,” in the words of Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin ...

Robert Oppenheimer's name has become almost synonymous with the atomic bomb, and also with the dilemma facing scientists when the interests of the nation and their own conscience collide.

One of the blockbuster films of 2023 “Oppenheimer,” told the dramatic story of the development of the atomic bomb and the physicist who headed those efforts, J. Robert Oppenheimer. But despite ...

For someone who wasn't involved in the race to develop the first atomic bomb, Albert Einstein plays a surprisingly significant role in the Christopher Nolan film "Oppenheimer." The movie focuses on J.

It’s a terrific movie, historically accurate and thought-provoking. The film’s recurring theme is Oppenheimer’s nightmarish ...

In a statement outlining the change, the Board highlighted three main reasons for “moving the Doomsday Clock from 90 seconds ...

During the 1960s, the feds asked fresh-out-of-school physicists to try to build a nuke with no prior knowledge.