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 He became a vocal opponent of nuclear proliferation and the Cold War arms competition.[([[https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/martin-j-sherwin-dead/2021/10/08/26cf7386-2840-11ec-8831-a31e7b3de188_story.html|washingtonpost]])]
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+===== Lost Security Clearance =====
 Because of his resistance to the creation of the hydrogen bomb, he lost his security clearance in 1954, thus excluding him from future nuclear research.[([[https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/us-restores-j-robert-oppenheimers-security-clearance-after-68-years-180981329/|smithsonianmag]])]
+===== Donating To Fleeing Nazi Scientists =====
+Oppenheimer donated 3% of his income (about $100 per year) for two years to help German physicists fleeing Nazi Germany.[([[https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/the-agony-of-atomic-genius|thenewatlantis]])]
+===== Youngest Member of NY Mineralogical Society =====
+J. Robert Oppenheimer made history when he became the youngest individual ever accepted to the distinguished New York Mineralogical Society at the age of 15. His extraordinary intelligence and love for teaching and theoretical physics set him apart from his colleagues, and his acceptance to the Society was a testimonial to his skills. [([[https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/profile/j-robert-oppenheimer/|nuclearmuseum]])]
+===== He Supported The Communist Party Before World War II =====
+After witnessing the impact on his pupils during the Great Depression in the 1930s, Oppenheimer became interested in left-wing politics. He grew particularly interested in Communism. While he never formally joined the Communist Party, his lover was a member, and his wife, Katherine Puening, was a former member who had previously been married to a communist who died fighting for Spain's left-wing government during the Spanish Civil War.[([[https://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/opp01.asp|avalon]])]
+===== He Supported The Communist Party Before World War II =====
+Unfortunately for Oppenheimer, Communism was not something positive to be "previously associated" with in America after WWII. He began to distance himself from the party in the late 1930s, probably for two reasons. One was that communist Joseph Stalin had harmed the principles severely. Second, Oppenheimer was most likely attempting to improve his credentials in order to be authorized for a position working on the Atomic Bomb. [([[https://www.airandspaceforces.com/article/0309h-bomb/|airandspaceforces]])]
+===== Great Learner =====
+Oppenheimer valued education and believed in reading literature in their original language, which he did frequently. While on a train from San Francisco to the East Coast, he read all four volumes of Karl Marx's Das Kapital in the original German. He read Proust in French on another similar train excursion, "which he later said was one of the great experiences of his life".[([[https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0422.html|nytimes]])]
+===== Learned Skanskrit =====
+He learnt Sanskrit at the age of 30 in order to read the Hindu text Bhagavad-Gita. It was from this scripture that he said the now-famous phrase after witnessing the first successful detonation of an atomic bomb: "Now, I have become Death, the destroyer of worlds".[([[https://blog.nuclearsecrecy.com/2014/05/23/oppenheimer-gita/|nuclearsecrecy]])]
+===== Next Languages =====
+During a tour to the Netherlands, he spent six weeks learning enough Dutch to deliver a lecture there, and then studied Latin and Greek at Harvard University. [([[https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0422.html|nytimes]])]
+===== He Was Presented The Enrico Fermi Award in 1963 =====
+Oppenheimer fled to the Institute of Advanced Study, where he was the active director, after being expelled from government duty. President John F. Kennedy invited Oppenheimer to a banquet for Nobel laureates in 1961, when he showed his respect for Oppenheimer's work. Lyndon B. Johnson presented Oppenheimer with the Enrico Fermi Prize in 1963 for his "many contributions to theoretical physics and the advancement of science in our nation." Oppenheimer was later nominated for the honor by Kennedy, but he was slain before the medal was formally presented to him. [([[https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/science-and-technology/physics-biographies/j-robert-oppenheimer|encyclopedia]])]
+===== Never Won The Nobel Prize =====
+Unfortunately, Oppenheimer's most famous work does not qualify for Nobel Prize consideration since the committee does not accept military technology. Most of Oppenheimer's accomplishments, particularly his prediction of black holes, could have earned him a Nobel Prize if he had lived long enough to see the discoveries he pioneered come to fruition. Others believe Oppenheimer should not have received the medal since he never specialized in a single field of physics. [([[https://discover.lanl.gov/news/0609-oppie-nobel-prize/|lanl]])]

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