:extract_focal()/https%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fpocket-collectionapi-prod-images%2F5b2f8f47-ebbb-498e-8dd7-06c3fb9dc185.png) ## Metadata - Author: [[Corrie Evanoff]] - Full Title: 5 Things to Read After Watching ‘Oppenheimer’ - Category: #articles - Summary: View Original - URL: https://getpocket.com/collections/what-to-read-about-j-robert-oppenheimer ## Full Document #### A Manhattan Project explainer, the true story of J. Robert Oppenheimer’s life, and more. Read when you’ve got time to spare. :extract_focal()/https%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fpocket-collectionapi-prod-images%2F5b2f8f47-ebbb-498e-8dd7-06c3fb9dc185.png) *Image by Central Press / Stringer / Getty Images* View Original #### [The True Story of J. Robert Oppenheimer’s Life](https://time.com/6295760/oppenheimer-true-story/?utm_source=pocket_collection_story) Megan McCluskey What to know about how the true story of Oppenheimer’s life compares to writer-director Christopher Nolan’s new movie. View Original #### [What Was the Manhattan Project?](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-was-the-manhattan-project/?utm_source=pocket_collection_story) Tom Metcalfe [Scientific American](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-was-the-manhattan-project/?utm_source=pocket_collection_story) The top-secret Manhattan Project resulted in the atomic bombs dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. **BONUS READ**: [Inside the Secret Cities That Created the Atomic Bomb](https://getpocket.com/explore/item/inside-the-secret-cities-that-created-the-atomic-bomb) via *CityLab*. View Original #### [The Young Women Who Were Tricked Into Creating the Atomic Bomb](https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/oppenheimer-manhattan-project-world-war-ii-women-oak-ridge-atomic-bomb-1234788186/?utm_source=pocket_collection_story) Denise Kiernan [Rolling Stone](https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/oppenheimer-manhattan-project-world-war-ii-women-oak-ridge-atomic-bomb-1234788186/?utm_source=pocket_collection_story) In addition to the story of Oppenheimer, a number of women, some recruited out of high school, worked at top-secret sites in the Manhattan Project. View Original #### [‘Now I Am Become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds.’ The Story of Oppenheimer’s Infamous Quote](https://www.wired.com/story/manhattan-project-robert-oppenheimer/?utm_source=pocket_collection_story) James Temperton The Robert Oppenheimer quote, from the Hindu sacred text the Bhagavad Gita, has come to define the father of the atomic bomb, but its meaning is more complex than many realize. #### [The Indelible Enola Gay](https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-indelible-enola-gay?utm_source=pocket_collection_story) David Kindy [Smithsonian Magazine](https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-indelible-enola-gay?utm_source=pocket_collection_story) The aircraft that dropped the first atomic bomb will always inspire debate. View Original #### [BONUS READ: The Open Mind](https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1949/02/the-open-mind/305431/?utm_source=pocket_collection_story) J. Robert Oppenheimer [The Atlantic](https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1949/02/the-open-mind/305431/?utm_source=pocket_collection_story) J. Robert Oppenheimer’s advice on the atomic bomb, from *The Atlantic*’s February 1949 issue. How was it? Save stories you love and never lose them. ###### Discover More Topics