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Robert Oppenheimer

American leaders called the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki our 'least abhorrent choice,' but there were alternatives to the nuclear attacks.

A final interview with the most controversial father of the atomic age, Edward Teller

As three recent films show—one on the atomic bomb, one on women defense workers during the Second World War, one on the government arts projects of the thirties —this history of our times offers film makers arresting opportunities.

The Agony of J. Robert Oppenheimer

In the life of J.

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