Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal Pictures In Christopher Nolan’s new film, “Oppenheimer,” Cillian Murphy stars as J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American physicist who oversaw the Manhattan Project ...

After the war, Oppenheimer became a household name and featured on the covers of both Life and Time magazines. In 1947, he became chairman of the General Advisory Committee of the Atomic Energy ...

the first time I ever voted was in the presidential election of 1936.” But a profound shift occurred in Oppenheimer during the mid-1930s, as he watched family, friends and great scientific minds ...

Robert Oppenheimer,” covers Oppenheimer’s schooling, all of his time constructing the atomic bomb and a hearing with the U.S. government which later stripped him of his job title. Appointed by Lt.