Oppenheimer: The Father of the Atom Bomb (TRIH eps 343-344)
1945 · Resource
This episode of The Rest Is History (part one of a multi-part look at Oppenheimer) traces Julius Robert "J. Robert" Oppenheimer’s life from his privileged New York upbringing through his intellectual development and central role in the Manhattan Project. Holland and Sandbrook discuss Oppenheimer’s character, early studies in chemistry and physics, time at Cambridge and Göttingen, and his eccentric personal life (including relationships with Jean Tatlock and Kitty Harrison). The hosts outline...
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