Definition of Robert Oppenheimer

1. Noun. United States physicist who directed the project at Los Alamos that developed the first atomic bomb (1904-1967).

Exact synonyms: Oppenheimer
Generic synonyms: Nuclear Physicist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Robert Oppenheimer

Robert Koch
Robert Lee Frost
Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Lowell
Robert M. Yerkes
Robert MacGregor
Robert Maynard Hutchins
Robert Mearns Yerkes
Robert Merton
Robert Mills
Robert Mitchum
Robert Morris
Robert Motherwell
Robert Nesta Marley
Robert Oppenheimer (current term)
Robert Orr
Robert Owen
Robert Peary
Robert Peel
Robert Penn Warren
Robert R. Livingston
Robert Ranke Graves
Robert Redford
Robert Robinson
Robert Schumann
Robert Scott
Robert Southey
Robert Traill Spence Lowell Jr.
Robert Treat Paine

Literary usage of Robert Oppenheimer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A New Guide to the Collections in the Library of the American Philosophical by J. Stephen Catlett (1987)
"There is much on the Robert Oppenheimer case, and also a series on the President's Scientific Board, 1947. Correspondents include, among others: Hans A. ..."

2. Ring Around the Rosie . . . ! by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1995)
"The effect is suggested in Lilienthal's Journals: Robert Oppenheimer summarized the [General Advisory] Committee's views on the questions we [of the Atomic ..."

3. Marching to Zog by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1993)
"... Los Alamos installation between 1943-45, when most of the secrets were stolen, was the Jew, Robert Oppenheimer. Robert Oppenheimer has a brother, Frank, ..."

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