10 FASCINATING FACTS ABOUT OPPENHEIMER

OPPENHEIMER WAS BORN IN NEW YORK CITY IN 1904 AND GREW UP IN A WEALTHY FAMILY.

HE STUDIED PHYSICS AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY AND LATER EARNED HIS PHD FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF GOTTINGEN IN GERMANY.

OPPENHEIMER WAS A KEY FIGURE IN MANHATTAN PROJECT, THE TOP SECRET GOVERNMENT PROGRAM THAT DEVELOPED FIRST ATOMIC BOMB DURING WORLD WAR 2.

HE IS OFTEN REFFERED TO AS THE 'FATHER OF THE ATOMIC BOMB' DUE TO HIS LEADERSHIP ROLE IN THE MANHATTAN PROJECT.

OPPENHEIMER WAS THE DIRECTOR OF THE LOS ALAMOS LABORATORY, WHERE THE ATOMIC BOMB WAS DESIGNED AND BUILT.

HE WAS KNOWN FOR HIS BRILLIANT MIND AND HIS ABILITY TO BRING TOGETHER SCIENTISTS FROM DIFFERENT FIELDS TO WORK TOWARDS A COMMON GOAL.

AFTER THE WAR , OPPENHEIMER BECAME AN ADVOCATE FOR INTERNATIONAL CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY AND SPOKE OUT AGAINST THE DEVELOPMENT OF HYDROGEN BOMB.

HE WAS ACCUSED OF BEING A SECURITY RISK DURING THE McCarthy ERA AND HAD HIS SECURITY CLEARANCE REVOKED BY THE GOVERNMENT.

OPPENHEIMER CONTINUED TO WORK AS A PHYSICIST AND EDUCATOR, AND WAS AWARDED THE ENRICO FERMI AWARD IN 1963 FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO SCIENCE.

HE DIED IN 1967 AT THE AGE OF 62.