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Alfred Eisenstaedt

J. Robert Oppenheimer, working out physics equations on the blackboard in his office

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Alfred Eisenstaedt

1898 - 1995

J. Robert Oppenheimer, working out physics equations on the blackboard in his office


ferrotyped gelatin silver print, numerous annotations and stamps including the photographer's 'LIFE PHOTO' credit, Time Inc. copyright and reproduction rights, and 'LIFE Picture Collection' on the reverse

image: 13¼ by 10 in. (33.7 by 25.4 cm.)

Executed in 1949.

This print:

LIFE, 10 October 1949, p. 120

LIFE, International Edition, 24 October 1949, p. 52

Life Science Library: Energy (New York, 1963), p. 195