Robert Oppenheimer

[Tim Steele <tadtec!tjfs@relay.EU.net>]

In article <8911210032.AA23508@das.llnl.gov> ed@DAS.LLNL.GOV (Edward Suranyi) writes:

> <interview preamble deleted; KT speaks>
>
> "He asked the next day, 'Who was that?' and was told it was (atomic
> bomb developer) J. Robert Oppenheimer.  My friend went back in horror.
> He said he would have behaved completely differently if he had realized
> who it was."

Judging by a documentary film on the life of Oppenheimer, he was
actually a decent guy who got 'sucked in' to the Los Alamos work and
was subsequently hounded by the FBI for alleged left-wing political
leanings.  Comments?

Tim