J. Robert Oppenheimer

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The fever dream of 'technological sovereignty'

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Culture Op-eds Science air pollution air purifier Brahmaputra river farm fires genius Gita Chadha Homi Bhabha Indian Space Research Organisation Industrial47 investment fund J. Robert Oppenheimer Leona Woods LinkedIn nuclear weapon Prime Minister Narendra Modi reason of state scientific superpower scope creep smokeless chulha social harm Social welfare solar cooker technological sovereignty technologisation The Hindu Three Gorges dam Walchand Hirachand Yarlung Tsangpo river

I recently came across an initiative called “Industrial47”. Someone had shared a link to it on a group I’m part of, and when its card loaded, the image was of a nuclear weapon going off. I found on L…

Review: 'Oppenheimer' (2023)

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Culture Science atomic bombings blue sky research Edward Teller George Kistiyakowsky J. Robert Oppenheimer Kenneth Bainbridge Leslie Groves Lewis Strauss Los Alamos Manhattan Project nuclear weapons Oppenheimer Robert Serber Trinity test Vannevar Bush

Oppenheimer was great. I really liked it. I don't have a review as much as some notes that I took during the film that I'd like to share. But before diving into them, I should say that I got a…