A photograph of the two physician geniuses of the 20th century - Albert Einstein and atomic scientist Robert Oppenheimer meet at Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study. Princeton, New Jersey, 1947. Photographer: Alfred Eisenstaedt.
A photograph documenting an interesting meeting between the two great physicists of the 20th century - the geniuses directly or indirectly responsible for the creation of the atomic bomb and its use during World War II. Julius Robert Oppenheimer was born in New York in 1904 [died: 1967], the eldest son of a family of wealthy Jewish immigrants. He was a brilliant scholar, studied in Europe and continued at the University of Berkeley in California. In 1942 he was commanded on the scientists working to produce the first atomic bombs in Los Alamos, New Mexico. During World War II he managed the National Laboratory in Los Alamos and headed the nuclear weapons development project during the war (Manhattan Project). Due to his great influence on the development of nuclear weapons, he is considered the "Father of the Atomic Bomb". After the war, Oppenheimer worked at the United States Atomic Energy Commission - the highest body that managed nuclear development in the country.
Einstein's famous formula E=mc² had many applications, perhaps the most significant of which was the programming to create the atomic bomb and the production of energy through thermonuclear processes. Although he defined himself as a pacifist, Einstein signed the Einstein-Szilard letter written to President Roosevelt encouraging the development of nuclear weapons in the United States before Nazi Germany achieved a similar capability. However, after the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Einstein was one of the main speakers who called for the banning of nuclear weapons and even established the "Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists" for this purpose, and urged the United Nations to establish a world government to maintain peace. When asked what weapons he thought would be used In World War III, he replied: "I don't know, but it is clear to me that in World War IV, man will return to fight with weapons made of sticks and stones."
An interesting detail: It is important to note that the photograph before us was used by several researchers in an attempt to locate exactly which pen Albert Einstein used. Following it they concluded that it was a Soennecken 510 pen.
Things Oppenheimer said about Einstein and his acquaintance with him during his life see here
Size: 26x21 cm. Very good condition.
