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J. Robert Oppenheimer

• and
• The Atomic Bomb

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Birth, Death, and Education

• Born April 22, 1904 in New York City, NY
• Education
• Died February 18, 1967 in Princeton, NJ

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What He Did

• Directed the Manhattan Project (1942-1945)
• Headed advisory committee for U.S. AEC
  (1947-1952)
• Awards

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World War II

• Began September 1, 1939
• Deaths
• Germany surrendered on May 7, 1945
• Japan surrendered on September 2, 1945

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The Reason Behind the A-Bomb

• The Nazis
• U.S. was scared that the Nazis would receive it
  first
• Einstein

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Manhattan Project

• Los Alamos, NM
• The test site was called Trinity
• 1942-1945

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Hiroshima

• 78,000 killed
• 37,000 injured
• 13,000 missing
• 60 of the city was destroyed

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Nagasaki

• About 40,000 dead
• More deaths from injuries/radiation

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Oppenheimer Views- A-bomb

• Very interested in the scientific problems the
  bomb created
• Thought A-bomb was unnecessarily used against an
  already defeated enemy

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Hydrogen Bomb

• Test explosion
• Air Force accused Oppenheimer of suggesting test
  explosion postponement

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Oppenheimer Views- H-bomb

• He didnt support the Hydrogen bomb whatsoever
• He knew that it could wipe a city twice as big as
  Hiroshima off the map

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Quotes

• I am become Death, the destroyer of
  worlds-said after test explosion on atomic
  bomb
• I have blood on my hands-told to President
  Truman. Oppenheimer felt as though he had caused
  all those deaths by making the bomb.
• Science is not everything, but Science is very
  beautiful

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Timeline
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Annotated Bibliography

• Images
• "At the Trinity test site." atomicarchive.com. 10
  Feb. 2009      lthttp//www.atomicarchive.com/Phot
  os/Trinity/image18.shtmlgt. Image of
       Oppenheimer and Groves viewing Trinity test
  site
• "At the Trinity Test Site." atomicarchive.com. 10
  Feb. 2009      lthttp//www.atomicarchive.com/Phot
  os/Trinity/image17.shtmlgt. Image of
       Oppenheimer, Groves, and others viewing
  Trinity test site
• "Hiroshima WWII and Atomic Bombing."
  wikipedia.com. 10 Feb. 2009      lthttp//en.wikip
  edia.org/wiki/Hiroshimagt. Image of the effects of
  the      a-bomb on Hiroshima
• "The Japanese Attacked Pearl Harbor December 7,
  1941." Americaslibrary.gov. 11      Feb. 2009
  lthttp//www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/j
  b/wwii/      pearlhar_3gt. Image of Pearl Harbor
  naval base on fire.
• "J. Robert Oppenheiemr." wikipedia.com. 10 Feb.
  2009 lthttp//en.wikipedia.org/      wiki/J._Rober
  t_Oppenheimergt. Image of Oppenheimer
• "Little Boy Bomb." atomicarchive.com. 10 Feb.
  2009      lthttp//www.atomicarchive.com/Photos/LB
  FM/image1.shtmlgt. Image of      "Little Boy"
  atomic bomb
• "Nuclear Weapon Weapons Delivery."
  wikipedia.com. 10 Feb. 2009      lthttp//en.wikip
  edia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombgt. Image of "Fat
       Man" and the Nagasaki mushroom cloud
• "Teller-Ulam Design British Designs."
  wikipedia.com. 10 Feb. 2009      lthttp//en.wikip
  edia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_bombgt. Image of the
  British      hydrogen bomb test explosion and an
  H-bomb mushroom cloud.
• "J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1067)." Discovery
  Education. 9 Feb. 2009      lthttp//player.discov
  eryeducation.com/      index.cfm?guidAssetIdABAD
  55D2-4D0E-4D65-8060-233AA0FF17F2gt. Image of
  Oppenheimer
• Documents
• Badertscher, Eric. "Robert Oppenheimer Post-War
  Work and Controversey."      History Reference
  Center. EBSCO. 10 Feb. 2009      lthttp//search.e
  bscohost.com/gt. I learned about the bombings of
  Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and about what caused
  Oppenheimers security hearing.

• Carnes, Mark C. "Oppenheimer, J. Robert."
  American National Biography Online. 10      Feb.
  2009 lthttp//www.anb.org/articles/13/13-01238-prin
  t.htmlgt. I learned about Oppenheimers childhood,
  education, teaching career, and his work with the
  Manhattan Project.
• "Encyclopedia Oppenheimer, J. Robert."
  History.com. 9 Feb. 2009      lthttp//www.history
  .com/encyclopedia.do?articleId218208gt. I learned
  when Oppenheimer was born, and when he died. Also
  what awards he won, and the reasons his security
  was questioned.
• "J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1067)." Discovery
  Education. 9 Feb. 2009      lthttp//player.discov
  eryeducation.com/      index.cfm?guidAssetIdABAD
  55D2-4D0E-4D65-8060-233AA0FF17F2gt. I learned that
  Oppenheimer opposed the creation of the H-bomb,
  and was an ardent advocate of the civilian
  control and international regulation of atomic
  energy.
• Nuechterlein, James. "In the Matter (Again) of J.
  Robert Oppenheimer."      History Reference
  Center. EBSCO. 10 Feb. 2009      lthttp//search.e
  bscohost.com/gt. I learned about a couple
  peoples opinions of Oppenheimer. I also learned
  about what all went on during the AEC security
  trial.
• Rhodes, Richard. "The Experiment of the Century."
  American Heritage Apr. 1999      12 13. I
  learned about what went on during the Manhattan
  Project, and what the test site name was.
• "A Science Odyssey People and Discoveries J.
  Robert Oppenheimer." PBS.org. 10      Feb. 2009
  lthttp//www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/baop
  pe.htmlgt.      I learned about Oppenheimers
  early education, and his security clearance.
• Stanley, Matthew. "Oppenheimer, J. Robert."
  worldbook.com. 9 Feb. 2009      lthttp//worldbook
  online.com/wb/      article?idar404080stRobert
  20OppenheimergrWELCOME20!gt. I learned about
  Oppenheimers teaching career.
• Stokesbury, James L. "World War II." World Book.
  9 Feb. 2009      lthttp//worldbookonline.com/wb/p
  rintarticle?idar610460stWorldWar2gt.      I
  learned about what caused WWII, and when Germany
  and Japan surrendered, as well as when WWII
  began.
• Tames, Richard. Hiroshima the Shadow of the
  Bomb. Chicago Heinemann Library,      2001. I
  learned about the results of the Hiroshima and
  Nagasaki bombings, as well as the after-effects
  the survivors had to live with.
• Stern, Philip M. The Oppenheimer Case Security
  on Trial. N.p. Harper Row,      1969. I
  learned about Oppenheimers security trial, and
  why the U.S. set up the Manhattan Project.