Oct 7th, 2005 · The eagerly anticipated third opera from John Adams, Doctor Atomic, premiered Oct. 1 at the San Francisco Opera. Based on Richard Rhodes' book The Making of the Atomic Bomb, the new opera focuses on physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer and the project he led in creating the first atomic bomb.
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May 11th, 2005 · He is remembered as the father of the bomb. But the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer is more than how the world's most destructive weapon came to be. A new biography describes a complex, contradictory and at times mystical genius who defies easy labels.
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