J Robert Oppenheimer

We've Come a Long Way in 50 Years

Ed Gurowitz, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Leslie Groves, John F. Kennedy, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Manhattan Project, Space Exploration, Werner Heisenberg, Neil Armstrong Moon Landing, Politics News
Ed Gurowitz, Ph.D.

It's been exactly 50 years since John F. Kennedy gave his first State of the Union address, the speech in which he announced an American commitment to...

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Eureka! Science Belongs On Stage

Lauren Gunderson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Metropolitan Opera, Playwriting, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Science-and-Art, Opera, Alfred P Sloan Foundation, Science, Theater, Plays, Michael Frayn, Marie Curie, Play, Drama, John Adams, Theatre, Tom Stoppard, Sean Carroll, Science Fiction, Graduate Center of the City University of New York, Arts News
Lauren Gunderson

Science is built for the stage. The very act of scientific discovery is one of the most dramatic in the human experience. Dramatic because it changes everything.

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Feeling Powerless About Nuclear Weapons? Try "Zero"

Steven Crandell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nagasaki, Lucy Walker, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Nuclear Weapons, Participant Media, Hiroshima, Countdown to Zero, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, David Krieger, World News
Steven Crandell

Have you seen the new documentary Countdown to Zero? If not, get thee to a cinema post haste. You will see remarkable footage of one of the most interesting characters of the 20th century, J. Robert Oppenheimer.

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Culture Zohn: Doctor Atomic: Opera Goes Nuclear

Patricia Zohn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Doctor Atomic, Peter Sellars, Los Alamos, Satyagraha, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Nuclear Energy, John Adams, Metroplitan Opera, Nuclear Bombs, Penny Woolcock, Alan Gilbert, Philip Glass, Entertainment News
Patricia Zohn

2008-10-15-zohnpull.jpg It is with a heavy heart that we leave the theater, knowing all too well its incendiary concerns are still very much with us.

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