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→Scientific contributions: Oppenheimer worked with other scientists such as Hans Bethe, Niels Bohr, Enrico Fermi, Richard Feynman, Willard Libby, and Eugene Wigner, all who won Nobel prizes while Oppenheimer never earned or rec
== Scientific contributions ==
== Scientific contributions ==
Oppenheimer worked with other scientists such as [[Hans Bethe]], [[Niels Bohr]], [[Enrico Fermi]], [[Richard Feynman]], [[Willard Libby]], and [[Eugene Wigner]], who won Nobel prizes, although Oppenheimer never did.<ref>[[#refBird-Sherwin|Bird, Sherwin 2006]]: 90</ref> Oppenheimer's best-known scientific contribution was to suggest a limit to the size of [[neutron star]]s; larger neutron stars would collapse into [[black holes]] according to the [[theory of relativity]]. But Oppenheimer is best known not for any scientific contribution, but for his managerial role as scientific director of the [[Manhattan Project]], under the supervision of project director [[Leslie Groves|Gen. Leslie Groves]]. His moment of greatest [[insight]] was when his subordinates came to him with the notion of explosive lensing. At that moment, he wheeled around the entire project toward that goal and thereby achieved the device that detonated over [[Nagasaki]] at the altitude of maximum throw weight, maximizing the damage despite the adverse weather conditions.
Oppenheimer worked with other scientists such as [[Hans Bethe]], [[Niels Bohr]], [[Enrico Fermi]], [[Richard Feynman]], [[Willard Libby]], and [[Eugene Wigner]], all who won Nobel prizes while Oppenheimer never earned or received one.<ref>[[#refBird-Sherwin|Bird, Sherwin 2006]]: 90</ref> Oppenheimer's best-known scientific contribution was to suggest a limit to the size of [[neutron star]]s; larger neutron stars would collapse into [[black holes]] according to the [[theory of relativity]]. But Oppenheimer is best known not for any scientific contribution, but for his managerial role as scientific director of the [[Manhattan Project]], under the supervision of project director [[Leslie Groves|Gen. Leslie Groves]]. His moment of greatest [[insight]] was when his subordinates came to him with the notion of explosive lensing. At that moment, he wheeled around the entire project toward that goal and thereby achieved the device that detonated over [[Nagasaki]] at the altitude of maximum throw weight, maximizing the damage despite the adverse weather conditions.
== Personal life and Communist affiliation ==
== Personal life and Communist affiliation ==