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J. Robert Oppenheimer’s triumph was his tragedy. Oppenheimer had many achievements in theoretical physics but is remembered as the so-called father of the atomic bomb. Under his directorship, scientists at
Complex as they are, Oppenheimer’s life and views of the bomb are far easier to wrestle with than the reality of nuclear power itself.
The author of "Oppenheimer: The Tragic Intellect" says some things are just too hard to conceive.
The so-called "father of the bomb" helped bring us prematurely into the age of existential risk.