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J. Robert Oppenheimer


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Context

General Summary

Important Terms, People, and Events

Summary and Analysis

The Early Years

A Physicist is Born

Coming to America

Oppenheimer the Radical

The Manhattan Project

Los Alamos

Fat Man and Little Boy

Destroyer of Worlds

Oppenheimer in Public Life

The Super

Fall From Grace

Reconstructing the Legacy

Study Questions and Suggested Essay Topics

Review Test

Suggestions for Further Reading

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