The movie Oppenheimer has been rather popular since its release, and it has led to a certain level of interest in the theoretical physicist's life and work. We recently sat down with a San Tan Valley woman who, while growing up, was Oppenheimer's neighbor.
, which earned more than $80 million at the box office during its opening weekend, has a local connection.
Lynne Loss, 80, said her family lived and worked in New Mexico, where the atomic bomb was being tested and made. Maj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves , Chief of Manhattan Engineering District in which first Atomic Bomb was developed, and Dr. J. R. Oppenheimer, Director of Los Alamos Atomic Bomb Project and Physicist at California Technological Institute, view theDuring World War II, Oppenheimer, who was a theoretical physicist, worked as the director of the Manhattan Project’s Los Alamos Laboratory. He’s often referred to as ‘the father of the atomic bomb.
Being exposed to the radiation had imminent health impacts. Loss said both her parents suffered health complications, while Loss and her brother developed cancer.
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