The highly anticipated film "Oppenheimer", chronicles the early physics of J. Robert Oppenheimer and his scientific evolution into nuclear fission at the University of California Berkeley where he led the Los Alamos National Laboratory, a remote site in New Mexico creating the world’s first nuclear weapons.
For more fascinating history on Columbia's Physic's role in the Manhattan Project and the work of J. Robert Oppenheimer, please see a recent news article by Christopher O'Shea on Columbia News!
