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This seven-part series highlights scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer from 1938 to 1953 as he develops the Atomic bomb.
1938: Robert Oppenheimer's life is changed by the discovery of nuclear fission and the appearance of Kitty Harrison.
10/29/1980
1942: America is at war. Oppenheimer is engaged in the race to produce an atomic bomb.
11/3/1980
1943: Oppenheimer is director of Los Alamos, but his past Communist associations alert the FBI.
11/12/1980
Summer 1944: Oppenheimer has problems with his staff and the development of the bomb.
11/19/1980
May 1945: The European war is over but the war with Japan continues. Oppenheimer discusses the use of the almost completed atomic bomb with the secretary of War. His colleagues have misgivings.
11/27/1980
1949 - The Oppenheimer family becomes a target of the HUAC hearings.
12/3/1980
December 1953 - Oppenheimer falls foul of the Communist witch hunt.
12/10/1980
