The Sad Death Of Oppenheimer, The Inventor Of The Atomic Bomb

from a brilliant boy to a gaunt chain smoking Shadow drowning in alcohol and remorse J Robert Oppenheimer lived his final years with full knowledge of what he'd become the Arbiter of unimaginable destruction Oppenheimer died in 1967 more than two decades after two atomic bombs were dropped on Japan known as the father of the atomic bomb the bombing of Japan concluding World War II in the Pacific Theater proved a sad turning point to the theoretical physicist career Oppenheimer was born in 1904 in New York City to all the parents it was an intelligent and lonely child interested in science especially mineralogy and literature the reading and writing and poetry in particular he was educated in Progressive politics and secular humanism and as a boy he seemed to live a life of relative privilege according to the National Park Service Oppenheimer later said My Life as a child did not prepare me for the fact that the world is full of cruel and bitter things while traveling in Europe Oppenheimer contracted dysentery and while recuperating he visited New Mexico for the first time or the future Manhattan Project would be located Oppenheimer graduated from Harvard summa laude and researched and studied theoretical physics at Elite European and U.S universities by the late 1920s Oppenheimer was employed at both the California Institute of Technology and the University of California Berkeley where he met his future wife Catherine Harrison they married in 1940 early on in the war Oppenheimer was already at work researching a potential nuclear power and by 1942 he was appointed director of the Manhattan Project in Los Alamos New Mexico tasked with the a-bombs development profenheimer at least at first the development of an atomic bomb was inevitable as a scientist his job was to develop the technology it was up to the politicians to control it once Oppenheimer witnessed the so-called Trinity test A-bomb explosion and especially after the second of two atomic bombs were dropped on Japan his views on nuclear technology and atomic Weaponry shifted at the Trinity test explosion the scientists famously quoted the Hindu scripture the bhagavad-gita now I am become deaf the destroyer of worlds in 1945 Oppenheimer told president Harry Truman he felt like he had blood on his hands with obstruction rots on Japan by the A-bomb working the beginning of the end of the scientist's favorite place in Washington Oppenheimer expressed regret over what he helped create and with alleged ties to Communism he was rejected by the political establishment speaking to the American philosophical Society in the post-war period Oppenheimer said we have made a thing a most terrible weapon that has altered abruptly and profoundly the nature of the world a thing that by all the standards of the world we grew up in is an evil thing if there is another world war [Applause] this civilization may go under the cumulative stresses of his purported personal guilt and public humiliation likely did nothing to curb his habits and undoubtedly helped pave the way for his early Demise by 1944-1945 J Robert Oppenheimer was already described as a heavy chain smoker who could burn through 100 cigarettes in a day as well as consume excessive amounts of alcohol his overall health was reportedly abysmal and he had a dangerously low BMI a lifelong smoker and heavy drinker and poor health at the end of his life Oppenheimer was diagnosed with throat cancer in 1965. still once he was diagnosed with cancer Oppenheimer apparently found some peace according to Freeman Dyson who also worked at the Manhattan Project according to the new Atlantis Dyson said that his Oppenheimer approached death his whole demeanor changed Dyson said he accepted his fate gracefully he carried on with his job he never complained he became quite suddenly simple and no longer trying to impress anybody Oppenheimer was director of The Institute for advanced study at Princeton University from 1947 until he retired in 1966 he passed away on February 18 1967 at the age of 62. [Music] foreign [Music]

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Published: Sat Jul 22 2023