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J. Robert Oppenheimer  

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  • Scientist, professor, and director of the Manhattan Project, which developed America's first atomic bomb. Born into a wealthy Jewish American family in New York City on April 22, 1904, Robert Oppenheimer was to become known as the father of the A-bomb. [Source: Encyclopedia of United States National Security; Oppenheimer, J. Robert]

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