J. Robert Oppenheimer’s Defense of Humanity

I would say nobody ever wants to walk in the shoes of J. Robert Oppenheimer!

I don't know how many biographies, articles etc. were written about this man.

Just learnt (or refreshed my memory) that his 1927 PhD was from the University of Göttingen, Germany. At the time, Max Born led the theoretical physics group at this university. Unfortunately, this premier German university has little to offer on one of its most famous students (when using the university's own search engine). Disappointing!

His father grew up in Hanau, Germany, where my paternal grandparents lived for many years.

"From the moment the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima in August 1945 until his death in 1967, J. Robert Oppenheimer was perhaps the most recognizable physicist on the planet. During World War II, Oppenheimer directed Los Alamos Laboratory, “Site Y” of the Manhattan Project, the successful American effort to build an atomic bomb. He went on to serve for almost 20 years as director of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J., home to some of the world’s leading scientists, including Albert Einstein. ..."

J. Robert Oppenheimer’s Defense of Humanity - WSJ After helping invent the atomic bomb, the physicist spent decades thinking about how to preserve civilization from technological dangers, offering crucial lessons for the age of AI