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The Arnautoff murals in San Francisco have been denounced as demeaning and triggering, and defended as an exposé of America’s racist past. Both sides miss the point.

Despite his accomplishments, Oppenheimer's security clearance was unjustly revoked after the war and lasted 55 years after his death.

Florence Pugh portrays the tragic figure of Jean in Christopher Nolans film.

Florence Pugh portrays the tragic figure of Jean in Christopher Nolan's film.

Tatlock was a cool, complex, and compelling woman who did a lot more in her 29 years of life than ride dick and reject flowers.

Robert Oppenheimer named the test site “Trinity.” The name was inspired by a John Donne poem, which Oppenheimer once shared with his fiancée Jean Tatlock. Trinity, a swath of New Mexico desert, would host the first nuclear detonation on July 16, 1945, the beginning of the atomic age and a culminating event in Oppenheimer’s research.

In Oppenheimer, Florence Pugh plays Jean Tatlock, a psychiatrist and reporter offiliated with the Communist Party. Heres what to know about her life and death.

Florence Pugh takes on a critical role in Christopher Nolans summer blockbuster 

Portrayed by Florence Pugh onscreen, psychiatrist Jean Tatlock was more than just a paramour of the “father of the atomic bomb.” Get to know her real-life story.

Portrayed by Florence Pugh onscreen, psychiatrist Jean Tatlock was more than just a paramour of the “father of the atomic bomb.” Get to know her real-life story.