father of the atomic bomb
on a cool October day in 1945 Dr J Robert Oppenheimer arrived at the White House in Washington DC A 30inute meeting had been scheduled with President Harry S Truman A meeting that could shape the course of history That morning Dr Robert Oppenheimer was making an attempt to reason with the president He had just led a team of scientists in developing and testing a weapon that helped bring about the end of the Second World War Now he was desperate to prevent the world from destroying itself After the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Oppenheimer had followed military developments with deep concern He felt compelled to personally share his fears about this devastating new weapon with the American president The events of October 25th 1945 marked a turning point in history But the story began years earlier with Hitler's invasion of Poland in 1939 which triggered the Second World War As German forces advanced across Europe European immigrate physicists working in the United States...