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  1. 4 days ago · Oppenheimer subsequently was a leading opponent of moving ahead with the hydrogen bomb and proposed a national security strategy based on atomic weapons and continental defense; Strauss wanted the development of thermonuclear weapons and a doctrine of deterrence.

  2. Jun 18, 2024 · The true relationship between Albert Einstein and Robert J. Oppenheimer was more complicated than Christopher Nolan's film suggests.

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  3. Jul 6, 2024 · Son of Nicky Oppenheimer, Jonathan is heir to a family fortune worth $10.9 billion (R200.1 billion) and founder of Oppenheimer Partners. The Oppenheimers’ story began with Ernest, who arrived in South Africa at the beginning of the 20th century as a diamond trader and began a successful mining career. He eventually founded Anglo American and ...

  4. 6 days ago · Ernest handed the reins to Harry Oppenheimer, who became one of the world’s wealthiest people and for four decades considered South Africa’s foremost industrialist.

  5. Jul 9, 2024 · The Oppenheimer family is doing an impressive balancing act between offshore holdings and large-scale philanthropy. Its family history is deeply intertwined with mining major Anglo American, founded in 1917 by Ernest Oppenheimer and run successively by his son Harry Oppenheimer and grandson Nicky Oppenheimer.

  6. 2 days ago · De Beers Consolidated Mines and the Anglo American Corporation of South Africa, founded by Ernest Oppenheimer in 1917, dominated the private sector, forming the core of one of the world’s most powerful networks of mining, industrial, and financial companies and employing some 800,000 workers on six continents.

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  8. Jun 25, 2024 · J. Robert Oppenheimer, the brilliant physicist behind the Manhattan Project, played a pivotal role in developing atomic weapons and forever changed the course of history with his contributions to nuclear science.