Oppenheimer, J. Robert

J. Robert Oppenheimer was an American theoretical physicist best known as the scientific director of the Manhattan Project during World War II, which developed the first nuclear weapons. Born in 1904, he played a crucial role in the Los Alamos Laboratory, where he oversaw a team of scientists that successfully created the atomic bomb. After the war, Oppenheimer became a prominent advocate for nuclear arms control but later faced political scrutiny during the Red Scare. His complex legacy combines scientific achievement with moral questioning about the implications of nuclear technology for humanity. Oppenheimer died in 1967.