Oppenheimer's Controversial Legacy

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This is the story of Robert Oppenheimer, father of the atomic bomb. A brilliant man marred by pain and suffering. As tragic as some parts are, his life can teach us some valuable lessons.

Some clarifications:

- On black holes.
While others such as Scharszchild were first to describe the theory of blackholes, Oppenheimer's work was the first full description of how blackholes formed. "Oppenheimer proposed the very first collapse model to describe how a star could collapse into a black hole."
- Xavier Calmet, a professor of physics at the University of Sussex in England

- On the photoelectric effect.
His work wasn't so much a discovery of the effect but more an observation using the effect that revealed some truths about the Hydrogen atom, so apologies for that error on my part.

- On Unit 731. (Including planned attack on America)
https://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/17/wo...

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