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The release of Christopher Nolan’s biopic about Robert J Oppenheimer - leader of the Manhattan project - is driving a lot of questions about nuclear weapons, who has them and how they (continue to) pose a global risk of catastrophe. Here are some key things you should know before going to see the film.  https://www.icanw.org/oppenheimer_facts_myths_nuclear_weapons…

Https://www.youtube.com/embed/uYPbbksJxIg Father of atomic bomb” paid price for renouncing his “child” By Lawrence S. Wittner, Beyond Nuclear International 16 Jul 23 The July 21, 2023 theatrical release of the film Oppenheimer, focused on the life of a prominent American nuclear physicist, should help to remind us of how badly the development of modern weapons has played…

The July 21, 2023 theatrical release of the film Oppenheimer, focused on the life of a prominent American nuclear physicist, should help to remind us of how badly the development

Oppenheimer entered the final act of his life as a wise philosopher-scientist-statesman who fascinated packed audiences with his eloquence and wisdom. He left an enduring image for our age.

You’ll probably see the film. But what do you know about the man?

The director of the film "Oppenheimer" tells of how he came to choose the "father of the atomic bomb" as the subject of a movie, and describes how he went about translating the physicist’s sprawling life—as laid out in the 700-plus-page, Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, "American Prometheus"—into a single film.

Einstein, Oppenheimer and the wild first movie about the A-Bomb.

There’s nothing like a voice from the past to stir memories of issues gone by. The column written by Cal Thomas and published on July 7 in the Idaho State

As a child I lived through the Cuban missile crisis, when the United States and the Soviet Union came within days or possibly hours of all-out global nuclear war. Since then, I’ve expected that nuclear weapons would be used one day but assumed that this might be between two smaller nuclear powers, possibly in Asia. Since Russia invaded Ukraine, however, a nuclear war starting in Europe seems more probable. Organisations tracking the risk of nuclear war, including the Pugwash conferences and th...

Honestly, if you can’t trust the king, whom can you trust?