With 13 Academy Award nominations and a pile of other awards under its belt, Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer" is a heavy favorite to dominate the Oscars Sunday night. But who was the eponymous-title ...

J. Robert Oppenheimer was the director of the Los Alamos Laboratory during the Manhattan Project. During the World War II-era project, scientists created the world's first atomic bomb. Oppenheimer had ...

Introduction -- Defying the odds / Cynthia C. Kelly -- ch. 1. Introducing Oppenheimer -- Oppenheimer reconsidered / Jeff Bingaman -- Robert Oppenheimer : king of the hill / Richard Rhodes -- A novel ...

You may have already watched Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster on the atomic bomb, but now you can read a first-hand account of the Manhattan Project, too. Smyth was an American physicist, diplomat, and ...