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The Maniac by Benjamín Labatut review – genius and madness in the shadow of the atomic bomb

The Chilean author’s assured fictionalised portrait of the visionary Hungarian scientist who contributed to the Manhattan Project and laid the foundations of modern computing is darkly intelligent and feverishly propulsive

The Guardian - UK

Chicago’s history is linked to America’s nuclear dilemma

A few years back, I decided to hike Red Gate Woods out in Chicago’s southwest suburbs...Cut into the trail-facing side of the marker were words stating that the radioactive remains of CP-1 — Chicago Pile-1, the reactor that had been built beneath Stagg Field at the University of Chicago and…

Chicago Sun-Times

‘What people accused Oppenheimer of doing’: the untold story of spy Ted Hall

In Steve James’s documentary, A Compassionate Spy, a lesser-known figure from the Manhattan Project is given the spotlight

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‘A Compassionate Spy’: Why a U.S. scientist thought leaks to the Soviets would save the world

Doc profiles Ted Hall, a Manhattan Project physicist (and sometime Chicagoan) who shared atomic bomb secrets, then spent a lifetime dodging the feds.

Chicago Sun-Times

Oppenheimer's hero was also problematic

The pioneering physicist saved Jews from Nazis but contributed to building weapons of mass destruction

Salon

Enjoyed Oppenheimer? Try the BBC's BAFTA-winning drama now on iPlayer

The BBC has added its seven-part Oppenheimer series to iPlayer in the wake of the Christopher Nolan biopic's success at the box office.

WhatToWatch

The nuclear arms race's legacy at home: Toxic contamination, staggering cleanup costs and a culture of government secrecy

Christopher Nolan’s film “Oppenheimer” has focused new attention on the legacies of the Manhattan Project – the World War II program to develop nuclear weapons. As the anniversaries of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Aug. 6 and Aug. 9, 1945, approach, it’s a timely moment to look further…

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Why American culture fixates on the tragic image of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the most famous man behind the atomic bomb

J. Robert Oppenheimer’s triumph was his tragedy. Oppenheimer had many achievements in theoretical physics but is remembered as the so-called father of the atomic bomb. Under his directorship, scientists at Los Alamos Laboratory, where the bomb was designed and built, forever changed how people view the world, adding a new…

The Conversation

7 Films You Should Watch Immediately After Oppenheimer

Here are seven movies you really need to check out if you are a fan of Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer.

Cinemablend

J. Robert Oppenheimer: the man, his science, and the man beyond the science

We take a look at Robert Oppenheimer, the scientist and the man, beyond his most famous scientific development- the atomic bomb.

The Hindu

Oppenheimer & nuclear-industrial complex

What Oppie began became a full-scale nuclear-industrial complex on planet where destruction lurks around the corner

Salon

Oppenheimer: The 21 cameos you missed, from Marvel stars to child actors and Oscar winners

Child actors and British soap stars, Christopher Nolan’s film has it all

The Independent UK

Oppenheimer's Timeline Explained: The Movies Major Events In Chronological Order

If you're curious about how Oppenheimer would play in a more linear form, this timeline is here to help.

Cinemablend

Oppenheimer: The 21 cameos you missed, from Marvel stars to child actors and Oscar winners

Child actors and British soap stars, Christopher Nolan’s film has it all

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How Oppenheimer Proved Einstein Wrong About Black Holes

In addition to the Manhattan Project, J. Robert Oppenheimer also worked on many other areas of physics.

The Hindu

Oppenheimer: Remembering the physics that first made him great

J. Robert Oppenheimer had already made a foray into the topic of stellar collapse, which convinced him of the inevitability of black holes. Together with his student George Volkoff, he was able to significantly extend Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar’s result. Then, with Hartland Snyder, Oppenheimer provided a remarkably accurate mathematical description of the…

The Conversation

Oppenheimer the actor: the curious 1946 film Atomic Power featuring the scientist as himself

Atomic Power, a groundbreaking 18-minute black-and-white film about the Manhattan Project which created the world’s first atomic bomb, may not be as famous as Christopher Nolan’s 2023 epic, Oppenheimer. However, this largely overlooked 1946 cinematic experience was pioneering in communicating the history behind the nuclear detonation in the New Mexico…

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Were Einstein And Oppenheimer Really Friends? (And Other Things You Might Be Wondering After You See The Movie)

Were Oppenheimer and Einstein friends? Were there spies at Los Alamos? Let's go over these real facts about Oppenheimer.

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The Independent UK

Oppenheimer: The 21 cameos you missed, from Marvel stars to child actors and Oscar winners

Child actors and British soap stars, Christopher Nolan’s film has it all

The Independent UK

Oppenheimer: The 21 cameos you missed, from Marvel stars to child actors and Oscar winners

Child actors and British soap stars, Christopher Nolan’s film has it all

The Conversation

How the Soviets stole nuclear secrets and targeted Oppenheimer, the 'father of the atomic bomb'

“Oppenheimer,” the epic new movie directed by Christopher Nolan, takes audiences into the mind and moral decisions of J. Robert Oppenheimer, leader of the team of brilliant scientists in Los Alamos, New Mexico, who built the world’s first atomic bomb. It’s not a documentary, but it gets the big historical…

The Independent UK

Robert Oppenheimer: The true story behind Christopher Nolan’s biopic about ‘the father of the atomic bomb’

Real-life scientist behind the atomic bomb has a complicated legacy in America

Salon

The atomic truth behind "Oppenheimer"

The man who christened the nuclear age with violence regretted the crater he left on the world

Inverse

78 Years Ago, the First Nuclear Bomb Changed the World Forever — Here's Exactly How It Happened

The following half-century was one of intense nuclear testing, the residue of which might be the signature for the proposed new epoch of the Anthropocene.

The Independent UK

Robert Oppenheimer: The true story behind Christopher Nolan’s biopic about ‘the father of the atomic bomb’

Real-life scientist behind the atomic bomb has a complicated legacy in America

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