An astrophysicist explains Oppenheimer
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Who was who in Oppenheimer?
What happened to them after the war?
What happened to the Nazi atomic bomb?
Brilliant physicist and chief scientist of the Manhattan Project. Nominated three times for the Nobel prize , although he didn't get it. The atomic bomb would be his consolation prize.
General Leslie Richard Groves, known as Dick to his friends. He had been in charge of the construction of the Pentagon, and the Army made him head of the Manhattan Project, promoting him from colonel to general.
Albert Einstein
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The rock star of science, the most famous scientist in the world. He had discovered the theory of relativity, and the equation which said that enormous energy was locked inside of everyday atoms. He signed the letter that convinced the president that the US needed to build the atomic bomb before the Nazis did.