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Robert Oppenheimer with Gen Leslie R Groves, director of the US nuclear weapon programme, in September 1945. AP
Robert Oppenheimer with Gen Leslie R Groves, director of the US nuclear weapon programme, in September 1945. AP
The truth Oppenheimer spoke about the atomic bomb needs a wide audience
Damien McElroy is London bureau chief at The National
17 July, 2023