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was born to German Jewish immigrants. He was recognized as a prodigy by his parents, and so, to nurture his talent they tended to his every need and shielded him from the outside world. He was also frequently ill, so he had little social interaction with children around him.
In high school, he was made fun of all the time and he found that he could connect better with his teachers than with his classmates; he had no friends.
He then enrolled in Harvard. There, his his social phobias became clear to everyone. He had not had a single date in the 3 years it took him to garduate. He also suffered from period of deep depression that culminated into an emittered sense of self-loathing...
So good was he at academics (from physics to poetry to philosophy), that he grew to be extremely arrogant (no doubt his way of coping with SA).
He then left for England to study at the highly respected Cavandish labortatory, and it was there that he faced his first academic challenges. He had always found studying to be easy...it was his refuge from the pains of social anxiety, but now he was finding himself being challenged by his colleagues, and that deeply troubled him. He was also disturbed by his social ineptitude - his inability to approach or talk to women...it depressed him and made him contemplate suicide.
Afterward, he moved to Germany, where he studied Qunatum Mechanics and rose to become a very esteemed physcist. He then went back to America, where he taught at the University of California...he was deeply hated for his social arrogance. He was a bitter man.
Year later, he was assigned to become the director of the Manhattan Project, which developed the nuclear bomb.
In his latter years, he spent most of his time trying to warn people of the risks of a nuclear arms race...and for that he was accused of being a communist spy.
Oppenheimer is today recognized as one of the greatest minds in American history, a polymath, whose genius was unparalleled.
To read more about Oppenheimer, I recommend this book:
Amazon.com: American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (9780375412028): Kai Bird, Martin J.…
Or this documentary:
http://video.pbs.org/video/1174233882/
In high school, he was made fun of all the time and he found that he could connect better with his teachers than with his classmates; he had no friends.
He then enrolled in Harvard. There, his his social phobias became clear to everyone. He had not had a single date in the 3 years it took him to garduate. He also suffered from period of deep depression that culminated into an emittered sense of self-loathing...
So good was he at academics (from physics to poetry to philosophy), that he grew to be extremely arrogant (no doubt his way of coping with SA).
He then left for England to study at the highly respected Cavandish labortatory, and it was there that he faced his first academic challenges. He had always found studying to be easy...it was his refuge from the pains of social anxiety, but now he was finding himself being challenged by his colleagues, and that deeply troubled him. He was also disturbed by his social ineptitude - his inability to approach or talk to women...it depressed him and made him contemplate suicide.
Afterward, he moved to Germany, where he studied Qunatum Mechanics and rose to become a very esteemed physcist. He then went back to America, where he taught at the University of California...he was deeply hated for his social arrogance. He was a bitter man.
Year later, he was assigned to become the director of the Manhattan Project, which developed the nuclear bomb.
In his latter years, he spent most of his time trying to warn people of the risks of a nuclear arms race...and for that he was accused of being a communist spy.
Oppenheimer is today recognized as one of the greatest minds in American history, a polymath, whose genius was unparalleled.
To read more about Oppenheimer, I recommend this book:
Amazon.com: American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer (9780375412028): Kai Bird, Martin J.…
Or this documentary:
http://video.pbs.org/video/1174233882/
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