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'It worked.' (said after witnessing the first atomic detonation).
J. Robert Oppenheimer
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J. Robert Oppenheimer
Age: 62 †
Born: 1904
Born: April 22
Died: 1967
Died: February 18
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Nuclear Physicist
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New York City
New York
Julius Robert Oppenheimer
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