Oppenheimer
J(ulius) Robert, 1904–67, U.S. nuclear physicist.
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In fact, Teller was competing with Oppenheimer for resources.
He told the hearing of Oppenheimer: “I would feel personally more secure if public matters would rest in other hands.”
A face in a sea of faces, how could you know he hid among them like Oppenheimer, building a lab to split the atom.
The Stacks: How Leonard Chess Helped Make Muddy Waters | Alex Belth | August 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTJoshua Oppenheimer invited some of the perpetrators, now old men, to restage their crimes.
For example, Oppenheimer misstates Zen teaching as holding that good and evil do not exist because everything is one.
The Shocking Scandal at the Heart of American Zen | Jay Michaelson | November 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Oppenheimer and Gottlieb object to commercial preparations on different grounds.
The Treatment of Hay Fever | George Frederick LaidlawOppenheimer and Gottlieb report cases of mixed hay fever where the skin reacts to pollen but the pollen extract failed to cure.
The Treatment of Hay Fever | George Frederick LaidlawEven into the living grave Oppenheimer had occupied for ten years had my fame, or notoriety, rather, penetrated.
The Jacket (The Star-Rover) | Jack LondonOppenheimer told me he had not learned of the Russo-Japanese war until two years after it was over.
The Jacket (The Star-Rover) | Jack LondonI think, had Oppenheimer had the opportunity for thorough education, he would have made a Marinetti or a Haeckel.
The Jacket (The Star-Rover) | Jack London
British Dictionary definitions for Oppenheimer
/ (ˈɒpənˌhaɪmə) /
J (ulius) Robert. 1904–67, US nuclear physicist. He was director of the Los Alamos laboratory (1943–45), which produced the first atomic bomb. He opposed the development of the hydrogen bomb (1949) and in 1953 was alleged to be a security risk. He was later exonerated
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Scientific definitions for Oppenheimer
[ ŏp′ən-hī′mər ]
American physicist who directed the Los Alamos, New Mexico, laboratory during the development of the first atomic bomb (1942-1945). After World War II, he became an advocate for the peaceful use of atomic energy and opposed the development of the hydrogen bomb.
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