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The Hindu
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Richard Kujur

Watch | Who was J. Robert Oppenheimer?

The atomic bomb can destroy an entire city in seconds.

In the early 1940s, scientists were secretly working on a project to build a nuclear bomb that would end the second World War. Leading the team was J. Robert Oppenheimer, an American theoretical physicist.

Oppenheimer was a visionary, and a leader. But he was also human, with flaws and guilt.

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