In all the published photographs of Robert Oppenheimer, there appear to be very few of him smiling. In most we see an enigmatic face, often not looking directly at the camera, and even when it is, the eyes appear to be gazing somewhere beyond the photographer. Notable, because this is the man acclaimed by history as perhaps the only scientist of his time who could have charmed, cajoled, encouraged and emboldened his fellow physicists (and the countless engineers, chemists, etc.) through the (literally) monstrous task that was the Manhattan Project.
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