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Born on April 22, 1904 into a wealthy, New York, Jewish family with German decent, Oppenheimer quickly began to show signs of his ingeniousness. ... Oppenheimer then studied abroad at England’s Cambridge University, studying under Ernest Rutherford at the worlds’ finest center for atomic research. Spending a total of four years in Europe, Oppenheimer made his mark in quantum theory, published multiple articles and papers, and established a reputation as a leading theoretical physicist. In 1929 Oppenheimer returned to the United States taking an appointment at the California Institute of Technology and the University of California, Berkley. ...
In the 1930s, Oppenheimer became drawn into left-wing politics which may have been a reaction to the rise of Nazism in Germany where his relatives were suffering under increasingly severe anti-Semitic laws.
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