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Shelter Island Played Significant Role in Oppenheimer's Post-War Physics Career

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J. Robert Oppenheimer at the Guest Lodge in Oak Ridge, 1946.

J. Robert Oppenheimer at the Guest Lodge in Oak Ridge, 1946.

J. Robert Oppenheimer in 1944.

J. Robert Oppenheimer in 1944.

On June 4, 2010, 63 years after the secret event, the American Physical Society editor in chief Gene Sprouse presented a plaque to the proprietors of the Ram’s Head Inn in recognition of the conference that had contributed so much to modern scientific thought. To this day, it is available to visitors to view. DANA SHAW

On June 4, 2010, 63 years after the secret event, the American Physical Society editor in chief Gene Sprouse presented a plaque to the proprietors of the Ram’s Head Inn in recognition of the conference that had contributed so much to modern scientific thought. To this day, it is available to visitors to view. DANA SHAW

authorTom Clavin on Aug 28, 2023
A climactic moment in the film “Oppenheimer,” and in the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, was the successful test at Los Alamos, New Mexico, of an atomic bomb. His mission,... more

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