The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer

J. Robert Oppenheimer’s life and legacy are inextricably linked to America’s most famous top-secret initiative–the Manhattan Project. But after World War II, this brilliant and intense scientist fell from the innermost circles of American science. This biography presents a complex and revealing portrait of one of America’s most influential scientists.

[text adapted from pbs.org]

CREDITS

Written, Directed, and Produced by David Grubin
Edited by Deborah Peretz and Kate Taverna
Produced by WGBH for The American Experience

SCIENTIFIC SUBJECTS
Physics Physics

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