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J. Robert Oppenheimer

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J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904 – 1967) was an American theoretical physicist at the University of California, Berkeley. His achievements included the Born–Oppenheimer approximation, the Oppenheimer–Phillips process, and contributions to the theory of neutron stars and black holes. During World War II he was the director of the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos Laboratory. He was among those who observed the Trinity test on July 16, 1945, when the first atomic bomb was detonated. He later described this in the words of the Bhagavad Gita: "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." In August 1945, atomic bombs were used against Hiroshima and Nagasaki. After the war, he became the director of the Institute for Advanced Study and chairman of the General Advisory Committee of the  Atomic Energy Commission. He opposed the development of the hydrogen bomb and, together with past associations with people affiliated with the Communist Party (including his wife and brother), this led to the revocation of his security clearance in 1954.
 * Most recent similar article(s): James A. Doonan (February 28, 2021)
 * Main editors: Hawkeye7
 * Promoted: March 19, 2011
 * Reasons for nomination: This article has appeared on the front page once before, on April 22, 2005, but it was completely rewritten in 2011 and looks very different now.
 * Support as nominator. Hawkeye7   (discuss)  19:41, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Support. Panini!  • 🥪 13:49, 11 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Support Gog the Mild (talk) 17:12, 17 May 2022 (UTC)