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"Father of the Atomic Bomb" in Early Years

It was a very conscientious person and afterthe use of the nuclear bomb he created, he urged scientists around the world to no longer create weapons of destructive force. Oppenheimer went down in history as the "father of the atomic bomb" and as the discoverer of the black holes of the universe.

From the early childhood of Oppenheimer in all seriousnesscalled a child prodigy. He learned to write and read very early, already before entering the school he was interested in many sciences: art, history, literature, mathematics, etc. His parents were Jews from Germany who settled in New York in 1888.

My father owned a prosperous business, my mother wasfamous artist. Parents have always encouraged the son's craving for knowledge and they had a huge library at home. Robert arranged for the best school in New York, where the teachers immediately noted the boy's giftedness. He studied easily, quickly learned the Greek language, then began to study Sanskrit - the oldest literary Indian language. The boy was very interested in medicine and mathematics.

In 1922, the young man entered one of the mostprestigious universities of the United States - Harvard University. After 3 years he received a diploma with honors. Further, Robert was sent for an internship in Europe to the famous English physicist Ernest Rutherford. It was there that he began to study atomic phenomena. Further still absolutely young Oppenheimer together with the professor of the Goettingen university, the physicist and the mathematician Max Born has developed a part of the quantum theory. Today this knowledge is known as the "Born-Oppenheimer method".

Teaching and Atomic Bomb

When Oppenheimer turned 25, hereturned to the United States, published a scientific paper and at the same time became a doctor of science. He became famous in the scientific world of Europe and America. Several American universities immediately offered him the best conditions for scientific work and teaching. Robert chose the California Technological Institute in Pasadena for teaching in the spring semester, and Berkeley for the autumn-winter season. In the latter he also taught quantum mechanics. Unfortunately, the students did not understand his theories well, and therefore the teaching activity brought little pleasure to Oppenheimer.

In 1939, fascist Germany was able to splitatomic nucleus. Some eminent scientists, including Oppenheimer, guessed that it was about obtaining a controlled reaction, which is the key to obtaining destructive weapons. The famous Einstein, Oppenheimer and other scientists wrote a letter to US President Franklin Roosevelt, where they expressed their observations and apprehensions. The signal was received and the US immediately began to develop its own atomic bomb on the "Manhattan Project." Oppenheimer became the scientific leader of the whole process.

"Fat Man" and "Kid"

In 1945, the atomic bomb was ready. Immediately the question arose: what to do with this weapon? After all, fascist Germany was already in ruins, Japan also posed no danger. The new president of America, Harry Truman, gathered all the scientists to discuss this issue. As a result, it was decided to drop the nuclear bomb on one of the military facilities in Japan. Oppenheimer considered this and agreed.

Before that, she was tested in Almagordo, stateNew Mexico. The explosion was carried out on July 16, 1945. The destructive power of the bomb was such that many even became horrified. However, the military machine has already been launched. On August 6 Hiroshima dropped the uranium bomb "Malysh", and on August 9, a plutonium bomb "Tolstyak" was dropped on Nagasaki.

Since Oppenheimer was married to a communist andhimself once supported the communist views, he was recognized as unreliable. Because of this, on a further career, a cross was placed, access to secret information for him was completely blocked. Robert Oppenheimer felt like an exile, a lot of nervous and smoking. In 1966, his health deteriorated sharply, and a year later he died of a throat cancer in his own house in Princeton.