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Robert Oppenheimer was born in New York City on April 22, 1904
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He intends to become a chemist but eventually turns to physics
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He went to England to conduct research at Cambridge University's Cavendish Laboratory working under JJ Tompson
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Recieves Ph. D
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Becomes a teacher at the University of California at Berkley as a physics teacher.
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Oppenheimer was appointed the director of the Manhattan Project, the U.S.'s team of scientists who would work to create an atomic bomb.
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After three years of research, problem solving, and original ideas, the first small atomic device was exploded on in the lab at Los Alamos
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Two more atomic bombs were dropped on the japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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Robert Oppenheimer was appointed chairman of the General Advisory Committee to the Atomic Energy Commission, and served from 1947 to 1952.
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Oppenheimer worked as the director of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton.
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The Commission decided to revoke Oppenheimer's security clearance in 1954.
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I just wanted to see if you were paying attention..
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The Atomic Energy Commission recognized Oppenheimer's role in the development of atomic research and awarded him the prestigious Enrico Fermi Award.
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Robert Oppenheimer died of throat cancer.
