Introduction 

How J Robert Oppenheimer Died The Final Chapter of a Complicated Genius

The man who is usually referred to as the father of the atomic bomb was J Robert Oppenheimer and died on February 18 1967 at age 62. He died of throat cancer in Princeton New Jersey a situation that was attributed to his smoking habit which was a lifelong. He was diagnosed in 1965 where he underwent radiation and chemotherapy but his health deteriorated fast

By the time of his death Oppenheimer was a man changed by history and controversy.

After leading the Manhattan Project and helping develop the first nuclear weapons he became a public voice of caution. He warned against nuclear arms races and pushed for control over atomic energy. But during the Cold War paranoia of the 1950s his past connections to communist friends and his opposition to the hydrogen bomb led to a brutal government hearing.

In 1954 Oppenheimer’s security clearance was stripped by the US Atomic Energy Commission. That hearing didn’t prove he was a spy but it painted him as a security risk and crushed his influence in scientific and political circles. After the ordeal he kept a lower profile spending his final years as the director of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.

He was marginalized but later he was appreciated on his contributions. President Lyndon B Johnson presented him the Enrico Fermi Award, one of the greatest honors in American science, in the year 1963. The chords of betrayal and the humiliation in front of people were not healed properly.

The death of Oppenheimer was silent and his legacy was not. He left a world that was forever changed by the atom as well as a name that continues to elicit intensive reflections into the question of science ethics and power.

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Learn more about Oppenheimer’s role in the Manhattan Project and the fallout that followed

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Read the full story of his life and legacy at the Atomic Heritage Foundation

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