Robert Oppenheimer by Jessica Foster https://padlet.com/21jessica_foster/alevodlpwaot Physicist in the making of the atomic bomb en-us 2017-11-13 15:14:16 UTC 2017-11-16 15:37:56 UTC hello@padlet.com J. Robert Oppenheimer 21jessica_foster https://padlet.com/21jessica_foster/alevodlpwaot/wish/206284264 * headed the Manhattan Project
* was one of the scientists who built the first atomic bomb
* was a pioneer in the field of quantum mechanics
"J. Robert Oppenheimer." Scientists: Their Lives and Works, UXL, 2006. Science in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/K2641500162/SCIC?u=idaho_s_fairmtjh&xid=4202d786. Accessed 13 Nov. 2017.]]> 2017-11-13 15:20:50 UTC https://padlet.com/21jessica_foster/alevodlpwaot/wish/206284264 21jessica_foster https://padlet.com/21jessica_foster/alevodlpwaot/wish/206776040 *Born: April 22, 1904 in New York, New York, United States
*Died: February 18, 1967 in Princeton, New Jersey, United States
*Other Names: Oppenheimer, Robert; Oppenheimer, Julius Robert
*Nationality: American
*Occupation: Theoretical physicist
"J. Robert Oppenheimer." Notable Scientists from 1900 to the Present, edited by Brigham Narins, Gale, 2008. Science in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/K1619002454/SCIC?u=idaho_s_fairmtjh&xid=3d2d9784. Accessed 14 Nov. 2017.


]]> 2017-11-14 15:36:06 UTC https://padlet.com/21jessica_foster/alevodlpwaot/wish/206776040 21jessica_foster https://padlet.com/21jessica_foster/alevodlpwaot/wish/207233814 "Science saved him. Robert dove deep into chemistry and physics in high school, graduated from Harvard University in 1925, then earned advanced degrees at top universities in Britain and Germany. Even in classes with some of the brightest students in the world, "Oppie," as his friends called him, never lost his know-it-all style. He interrupted physics lectures with his own theories, sometimes charging to the chalkboard , grabbing the chalk and declaring, "This can be done much better in the following manner."' (Sheinkin 9)]]> 2017-11-15 15:11:36 UTC https://padlet.com/21jessica_foster/alevodlpwaot/wish/207233814 21jessica_foster https://padlet.com/21jessica_foster/alevodlpwaot/wish/207718926 *graduated from Harvard in only 3 years
*was a teacher at various schools for 13 years
*Oppenheimer consistently demonstrated his ability to synthesize ideas, draw connections between theories, and detect their inherent contradictions.
"J. Robert Oppenheimer." Scientists: Their Lives and Works, UXL, 2006. Science in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/K2641500162/SCIC?u=idaho_s_fairmtjh&xid=4202d786. Accessed 16 Nov. 2017.]]> 2017-11-16 15:30:56 UTC https://padlet.com/21jessica_foster/alevodlpwaot/wish/207718926 Oppenheimer and the atomic bomb 21jessica_foster https://padlet.com/21jessica_foster/alevodlpwaot/wish/207720573 *Oppenheimer's main challenge was assembling critical mass
*had to develop an atomic weapon without enough radioactive material to properly test possible designs.
*Oppenheimer was one of a panel of four scientists
"J. Robert Oppenheimer." Scientists: Their Lives and Works, UXL, 2006. Science in Context, link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/K2641500162/SCIC?u=idaho_s_fairmtjh&xid=4202d786. Accessed 16 Nov. 2017.]]> 2017-11-16 15:33:31 UTC https://padlet.com/21jessica_foster/alevodlpwaot/wish/207720573