Oppenheimer, head of Los Alamos laboratory, designed the first atomic bomb under the Manhattan Project, calculating the chain reaction threshold.
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Robert Oppenheimer, a Sanskrit scholar, believed the world would never be the same again after the first atomic bomb went off. He opposed further development and proposed the ban of nuclear weapons in war.
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Oppenheimer, a brilliant scientist and administrator, had scandalous sexual affairs, including impregnating Kitty Harrison, Ruth Tolman, and Jean Tatlock.
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Oppenheimer studied Sanskrit, the sacred language of Hinduism, with Arthur Ryder, an Indologist, encouraging him to learn. He admitted that the Bhagavad Gita informed his philosophy.
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Oppenheimer, a communist sympathizer, contributed to communist groups and was monitored by the FBI for his communist leanings, despite denying connections during interrogations.
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Nobel Prize nominated Oppenheimer in 1945, 1951, 1967, but contemporaries awarded him, despite his work.
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Oppenheimer worked on radioactive materials, but died from throat cancer due to heavy smoking. He underwent surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy.