Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer the actor: the curious 1946 film Atomic Power featuring the scientist as himself

Oppenheimer the actor: the curious 1946 film Atomic Power featuring the scientist as himself: Robert Oppenheimer (third from left front), Leslie Groves (middle), and other scientists and officers after the Trinity nuclear test in 1945. US Army Signal Corps Atomic Power, a groundbreaking 18-minute black-and-white film about the Manhattan Project which created the world’s first …

I watched Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer in Ukraine: his Greek tragedy is our reality

I watched Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer in Ukraine: his Greek tragedy is our reality: Following the recent release of Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City, Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer continues to infuse summer 2023 with atomic energy. Stylistically, of course, the two couldn’t be more different. What Anderson shows as a blast outside a diner’s window that doesn’t so …

Oppenheimer: six other depictions of the ‘father of the atom bomb’ on the page, stage and screen

Oppenheimer: six other depictions of the ‘father of the atom bomb’ on the page, stage and screen: One of this summer’s biggest cinematic events, Oppenheimer, brings the story of US scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer to the big screen. Director Christopher Nolan’s film is the latest of many portrayals of the so-called “father of the atomic …

Harry Oppenheimer biography shows the South African mining magnate’s hand in economic policies

Harry Oppenheimer biography shows the South African mining magnate’s hand in economic policies: The late South African mining tycoon, Harry Oppenheimer. Harry Frederick Oppenheimer in his Johannesburg office. (Photo by William Campbell/Sygma via Getty Images In Harry Oppenheimer: Diamonds, Gold and Dynasty, his outstanding biography of the South African mining magnate who died in 2000, …