The science of Oppenheimer: meet the Oscar-winning movie’s specialist advisers
- ️O'Callaghan, Jonathan
- ️Mon Mar 11 2024
- NEWS Q&A
- 11 March 2024
Oppenheimer has been praised for its portrayal of the creation of the atomic bomb. Nature spoke to three scientists involved in the film’s production.
- Jonathan O'Callaghan
Oppenheimer won big at last night’s Oscars, scooping 7 awards out of 13 nominations, including best picture. The film has been lauded for its accurate portrayal of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer’s life and its examination of both the human and scientific toll of the Manhattan Project, the research programme that developed the atomic bomb in the 1940s at Los Alamos in New Mexico.
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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-00715-3
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