Tag: Oppenheimer

• Appreciating the Science and Side Stories in Oppenheimer

  IsotopesThe star of the movie, aside from the obvious titular character, Oppenheimer, is the use of isotopes. The very much talked about uranium-235.An isotope is a variation of an element with a different number of neutrons. Since an element’s identity and chemical properties lie in the number of protons, adding neutrons changes the mass of…

  Love and Anthropology

  September 4, 2023

  History, Science

  chemistry, Oppenheimer, Physics