5 Facts About J. Robert Oppenheimer
“In his speeches and public writings, Oppenheimer continually stressed the difficulty of managing the power of knowledge in a world in which the freedom of science to exchange ideas was more and more hobbled by political concerns.”
- He was a theoretical physicist and a professor at The University of California,Berkley.
- His friend’s claimed he had self destructive tendencies and had moments of deep depression. He once told his brother ” I need physics more than friends”.
- He once stated that “physics and desert country” were his “two great loves”. He bought a ranch in New Mexico and called it “Perro Caliente”.(Hot Dog in English)
- He worked on the first atomic bomb (Manhattan Project) and later recalled how he felt after the expolsion.The first words that came to his mind were from the Bhagavad Gita: “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.” (The Bhagavad Gita is what shaped much of his philosophy on life.)
- He feel into a coma due to throat cancer and died on February 18,1967.
Some Oppenheimer Facts.