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J. Robert Oppenheimer

American Physicist

Born: Apr 22, 1904

Died: Feb 18, 1967

Country Man Physics Science Truth World

Related authors: Barry Barish Brian Greene Edward Teller Freeman Dyson Lawrence M. Krauss Martin H. Fischer Michio Kaku Richard P. Feynman

Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man. J. Robert Oppenheimer

Man Correct Ten Ten Years Take Years Errors Any Quite Whose

My childhood did not prepare me for the fact that the world is full of cruel and bitter things. J. Robert Oppenheimer

Me World Bitter Fact Cruel Did Childhood Full Prepare Things

The peoples of this world must unite or they will perish. J. Robert Oppenheimer

People World Will Must Perish Unite

I saw what the Depression was doing to my students. Often they could get no jobs, or jobs which were wholly inadequate. And through them, I began to understand how deeply political and economic events could affect men's lives. I began to feel the need to participate more fully in the life of the community. J. Robert Oppenheimer

Life Depression Events Political Men Community Saw Jobs More Economic Could Through Students Feel Participate Understand How Doing Were Affect Began Get Often Which Inadequate Them Fully Wholly Lives Deeply Need

When you see something that is technically sweet, you go ahead and do it and you argue about what to do about it only after you have had your technical success. That is the way it was with the atomic bomb. J. Robert Oppenheimer

Success You Technically Sweet Way See About Atomic Atomic Bomb Something Only Argue Had Go After Your Technical Bomb

I need physics more than friends. J. Robert Oppenheimer

Physics More Friends Than Need

The atomic bomb made the prospect of future war unendurable. It has led us up those last few steps to the mountain pass; and beyond there is a different country. J. Robert Oppenheimer

War Future Made Country Few Those Atomic Atomic Bomb Steps Prospect Beyond Pass Led Up Mountain Different Us Bomb Last

If atomic bombs are to be added as new weapons to the arsenals of a warring world, or to the arsenals of nations preparing for war, then the time will come when mankind will curse the names of Los Alamos and of Hiroshima. J. Robert Oppenheimer

Both the man of science and the man of action live always at the edge of mystery, surrounded by it. J. Robert Oppenheimer

Man Science Edge Action Live Both Mystery Always Surrounded

Access to the Vedas is the greatest privilege this century may claim over all previous centuries. J. Robert Oppenheimer

Claim Previous Over Access Greatest Privilege May Centuries Century

In the spring of 1936, I was introduced by friends to Jean Tatlock. In the autumn, I began to court her. We were at least twice close enough to marriage to think of ourselves as engaged. J. Robert Oppenheimer

Marriage Spring Autumn Think Enough Ourselves Introduced Court Least Were Began Friends Close Engaged Jean Twice Her

In the spring of 1929, I returned to the United States. I was homesick for this country. I had learned in my student days a great deal about the new physics. I wanted to pursue this myself, to explain it, and to foster its cultivation. J. Robert Oppenheimer

Myself Great Physics Great Deal Country Spring States About Pursue Student Had New Days Learned Returned Deal Cultivation Wanted Explain Foster United Homesick United States

The history of science is rich in example of the fruitfulness of bringing two sets of techniques, two sets of ideas, developed in separate contexts for the pursuit of new truth, into touch with one another. J. Robert Oppenheimer

Truth History Science Example Rich Sets Touch Pursuit Developed New Ideas Another New Truth The History Of Separate Techniques Bringing Two

I was born in New York in 1904. J. Robert Oppenheimer

Born New York New York

My mother was born in Baltimore, and before her marriage, she was an artist and teacher of art. J. Robert Oppenheimer

Teacher Art Marriage Mother Before Born She Baltimore Artist Her

I never accepted Communist dogma or theory. J. Robert Oppenheimer

Never Accepted Dogma Communist Theory

I had had a continuing smoldering fury about the treatment of Jews in Germany. J. Robert Oppenheimer

Jews Fury About Had Continuing Germany Treatment

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