Robert Oppenheimer
By: Julianna Damoth
Robert Oppenheimer
Led the team that devised the atomic bomb, bringing ww2 to an end.
Robert Oppenheimer
What Hiroshima looked like after his weapon of mass destruction was dropped.
Robert Oppenheimer
Robert Oppenheimer reading to his family.
Event Information
Date of Birth
Robert Oppenheimer was born on April 22nd 1902 in New York City, New York. He grew up in a wealthy New York Jewish Family. They lived in an apartment overlooking the Hudson River and had a summer house Long Island.
When?
Tuesday, Apr 22, 1902, 12:00 AM
Where?
New York City, NY, United States
Education
As a 17-year-old, Oppenheimer went to Harvard where a classmate says he "intellectually looted the place." But it was after Harvard that Oppenheimer found his intellectual passion. First at Cambridge University in England and then at Göttigen University in Germany, the young American scholar began making his mark in quantum theory. By the time he returned to America, he'd published more than a dozen articles and established a reputation as a theoretical physicist. He received an undergraduate degree in chemistry at Harvard. And studied further scientific interests at the other schools.
Major Contributions to Science
Robert Oppenheimer's major contribution to science was the invention of the atomic bomb. He was leader of the Manhattan Project and prepared the two bombs within in a month and they were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. His creation revolutionized the war and ended it at the same time. Giving the U.S. a upper hand in military forces for a while.
First Atomic Bomb
First atomic bomb created by Robert Oppenheimer in the Manhattan Project.
Dropping the bomb
The atomic bombs were dropped on the two Japan citities Hiroshima and Nagasaki ending WW2.
Bombs of today
Oppenheimer's invention has been improved and is continually being modernized today. These weapons of mass destruction are valuable and dangerous.
Summary of Robert Oppenheimer
Robert Oppenheimer was raised in New York chasing his love of science in college to become a great physicist. He was chosen to lead the Manhattan Project, producing two atomic bombs for the United States. These bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki ending WW2. This invention ended the great war and revolutionized weapons. His work today is continually being modernized and is now apart of every countries arsenal. These weapons are deadly and effective. Robert Oppenheimer created a weapon of mass destruction that has become deadlier and more widespread today.