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Oppenheimer: Media

film by Nolan [2023]

Videos

The True Story of Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb
J. Robert Oppenheimer became involved in nuclear research in 1941. His biopic, Oppenheimer,...
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Images

Oppenheimer
Matt Damon (left) and Cillian Murphy in Oppenheimer (2023), directed by...
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J. Robert Oppenheimer
American nuclear physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, former director of the Los Alamos...
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J. Robert Oppenheimer
American physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, c. 1930s.
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Cillian Murphy
Actor Cillian Murphy, 2017.
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Katherine Oppenheimer
Katherine (“Kitty”) Oppenheimer.
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Emily Blunt
British-American actress Emily Blunt, 2013.
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Lewis Strauss
Lewis Strauss, chairman of the United States Atomic Energy Commission, arriving at...
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Robert Downey, Jr.
Actor Robert Downey, Jr., 2023.
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Leslie Groves
Leslie Groves.
National Archives, Washington, D.C. (57287961)
Matt Damon
Matt Damon at the Cannes film festival, France, 2021.
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Jean Tatlock
Jean Tatlock.
Dr. Hugh Tatlock/Martin J. Sherwin Collection in the Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Florence Pugh
English actress Florence Pugh, 2019.
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Ernest Orlando Lawrence
Ernest Orlando Lawrence at the controls of a cyclotron.
University of California, Lawrence Berkeley Lab
Josh Hartnett
Josh Hartnett, 2017.
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Niels Bohr
Niels Bohr is shown at the time he was awarded the Nobel Prize for physics in 1922.
George Grantham Bain Collection/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (digital file no. LC-DIG-ggbain-35303)
Kenneth Branagh
Kenneth Branagh, 2015.
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On the set of Oppenheimer
Cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema (second from right, in black clothing) filming...
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Christopher Nolan
Director Christopher Nolan at the London premiere of Oppenheimer, 2023.
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Interactives

Manhattan Project interactive timeline
Major events and locations of the Manhattan Project.
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