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Los Alamos Laboratory

Name: Los Alamos Laboratory – United States factsheet records
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United States · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1942Date range

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Chronological records

1942

J. Robert OppenheimerOctober 1942

Los Alamos · Science / Physics

Is selected to direct bomb-design work at Los Alamos.

Names involved

J. Robert Oppenheimer

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