The Testimony of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Florence Anthony
- First Published: 1986
- Type of Work: Poem
- Genres: Poetry
- Subjects: Science or scientists, Atomic bomb, Physics or physicists
“The Testimony of J. Robert Oppenheimer,” subtitled “A Fiction,” presents the story of a theoretical physicist who, in the early 1940's with the threat of Japanese attack looming, was selected to head a team of scientists to work on atom bomb development, despite his contributions to left-wing organizations. Written in Oppenheimer's voice, the poem describes the evolution of his passion for science as well as his justifications for the role that he played in developing the uranium bomb that destroyed Hiroshima and the plutonium bomb that decimated Nagasaki.
The speaker...
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