designing the atomic bomb was effective.Oppenheimer’s story goes on beyond World War II and the development of the atomic bomb. From 1947-1952 Oppenheimer was the head of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton and he also served as Chairman of the General Advisory Committee of the Atomic Energy Commission. On December 23, 1953, during McCarthyism in the U.S., Oppenheimer was accused of: associating with communists in the past, delaying the naming of Soviet agents, and opposing the building of the hydrogen bomb. Oppenheimer would later be declared not guilty of treason but the government said he couldn’t have access to anymore military secrets, and his contract as an advisor to the Atomic Energy Commission was terminated. Oppenheimer being accused of working against America, after he just help end WWII, is ironic, but what is even more ironic is that in 1963 President Lyndon B. Johnson formalized Oppenheimer’s reinstatement by presenting him the Enrico Fermi Award of the Atomic Energy Commission. The irony of the award goes on farther because John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated one week before the award was presented to Oppenheimer, signed the award.Julius Robert Oppenheimer lived a life of someone who truly loved going to work everyday, and learning something new. Even though later in his life, Oppenheimer had some regrets about the atomic bomb, his contribution to the designing of the atomic bomb must not be frowned upon. Oppenheimer died in 1967 of throat cancer. Even though J. Robert Oppenheimer lived a short life, he undoubtedly changed the world forever. In his mind, his contribution to the development of the atomic bomb were not to kill people, rather it was to advance the science of nuclear reactions. Julius Robert Oppenheimer was able to sum it the best with the simple words, “Science is not everything, but science is very beautiful.”...
