This Article First Appeared In The Print On August 03, 2023
Scientific discovery has a momentum of its own. The unraveling of the atom’s mysteries by scientists in the early 20th century is a story with the breathtaking pace and surprise elements of a thriller. One with a dramatic finale bringing together the product of science and the exigencies of war in an explosion of horrifying magnitude.Christopher Nolan’s latest blockbuster Oppenheimer, a biopic of American physicist J Robert Oppenheimer, who led the Manhattan Project in Los Alamos, New Mexico to build the atomic bomb during World War II, follows this historical arc.