J. Robert Oppenheimer: The Life and Legacy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (A Comprehensive Exploration of the Life, Mind, and Legacy of J. Robert Oppenheimer)

The pursuit of nuclear weapons moved the scientist nearer to the role of combatant, placing special responsibilities on the scientific community to make critical moral decisions. However, as they developed atomic weapons, they could at the same time only warn military powers of their use. Advocates for nuclear power as a civilian energy resource but expressing misgivings about nuclear war put them at odds with uninformed branches of the military.

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