Robert Oppenheimer: a life inside the center

1904-1926. "Amerika, du hast es besser" : Oppenheimer's German Jewish background ; Childhood ; First love : New Mexico ; Harvard ; Cambridge

1926-1941. Göttingen ; Postdoctoral fellow ; An American school of theoretical physics ; Unstable cores ; Fission

1941-1945. In on the secret ; Los Alamos 1 : security ; Los Alamos 2 : implosion ; Los Alamos 3 : heavy with misgiving

1945-1967. The insider scientist ; The booming years ; Massive retaliation ; Falsus in uno ; An open book?

Part one: 1904-1926. "Amerika, du hast es besser": Oppenheimer's German Jewish background

Childhood

First love: New Mexico

Harvard

Cambridge

Part two: 1926-1941. Göttingen

Postdoctoral fellow

An American school of theoretical physics

Unstable cores

Fission

Part three: 1941-1945. In on the secret

Los Alamos 1: security

Los Alamos 2: implosion

Los Alamos 3: heavy with misgiving

Part four: 1945-1967. The insider scientist

The booming years

Massive retaliation

Falsus in uno

An open book?