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J. Robert Oppenheimer – Father of the Atomic Bomb

Oppenheimer was an exemplary scientist whose research and design during the Manhattan Project helped create the first atomic bombs. They were later used in the devastating attacks on Hiroshima and Japan. After the war, Oppenheimer lobbied for greater international arms control. He went on to be the director at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and helped establish the World Academy of Art and Science.