5 Things to Read After Watching ‘Oppenheimer’

What to know about how the true story of Oppenheimer’s life compares to writer-director Christopher Nolan’s new movie.

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 via CityLab.

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.

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 aircraft that dropped the first atomic bomb will always inspire debate.

J. Robert Oppenheimer’s advice on the atomic bomb, from The Atlantic’s February 1949 issue.