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Kayla Yaede January 24, 2016 Honors History 7 Julius Robert Oppenheimer Julius Robert Oppenheimer was born into a wealthy family on April 22, 1904. Born in New York, this was the perfect era for a future physicist to be born. His father, a Jewish man, fled Europe as a teenager in order to escape religious persecution. Even though prejudism still existed towards Jews in the states, it was not nearly as harsh as it was in Europe. His mother was also a Jew, but had family living in New York, which made it effortless to flee. His father Julius, and mother Ella, would marry in 1903, in which a year later would have Julius Robert Oppenheimer II. They conceived another son which would be Julius’ brother not too long after that. Julius and his brother Frank, remained extremely close throughout their childhood. The Oppenheimer family lived in a high rise apartment in New York which was a living luxury. The family employed various chefs and servants to suit all needs. Family gatherings, dinners, and meetings were all extensively formal. They were required to wear suits, dresses, and closed toed shoes. When Julius Robert was at the age of five in 1909, his family planned a trip to …show more content…

In 1926, he decided to travel far out to England to obtain his Graduate Degree in physics. By the time Oppenheimer arrived in England, Einstein made the world of physics explode with his newly found formula, enticing the studies more for Julius. After his studies were over he applied for a position at Cambridge University in the Cavendish Laboratory. His profession was now directed by Nobel Prize winner, Ernest Rutherford. Ernest Rutherford received the Nobel Prize because of his genius discovery of the nucleus in an atom. When he started his career here he was to work under J.J Thompson, a British physicist who discovered the negatively charged

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