![]() Oppenheimer became an ace student, and while an undergrad at Harvard University, excelled in (of course) physics, but also chemistry, Latin, Greek, poetry, and Eastern philosophy. Oppenheimer grew up in a Manhattan apartment reportedly decorated with artwork by Vincent van Gogh, Paul Cézanne, and Paul Gauguin (casual!). His father, a German immigrant, helped make his family’s considerable fortune working in textile importing, while his mother was a painter. He was born Julius Robert Oppenheimer on Apin New York City. Robert Oppenheimer, the man behind the atomic bomb, really? Whether you’re grabbing tickets to Nolan’s latest, skipping it, or combining it with Barbie for the oddest viral double bill of the year, here’s what you need to know about the film’s elusive subject, why he matters, and how he’s often misunderstood. But Oppenheimer’s personal life and politics, more complicated than they might first seem, are worth teasing out. Which is to say, a whole lot more people are about to learn about the controversial geek who happened to be key in unleashing nuclear weapons upon the world. The scientist is played by Irish actor Cillian Murphy ( 28 Days Later, Batman Begins) in Oppenheimer, which, in typical Nolan fashion, is a visually and sonically expansive (and expensive) undertaking of its own, with a reported $100 million production budget and “gold standard” IMAX filming. ![]() Oppenheimer, at the center of Christopher Nolan’s new biopic of the same name (now in theaters), is primarily known as a leading physicist and leader of the Manhattan Project, which created the atomic bomb (he’s also been referred to as the “father” of the atomic bomb), consequentially deployed by the United States in World War II. ![]() ![]() ROBERT Oppenheimer’s public persona is as murky as his legacy is massive-quite literally world-shifting. ![]()
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