A review of The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer, a film by David Grubin, airing on PBS January 26 for the American Experience series, in association with the BBC
DESTROYER OF WORLDS: Trinity, the first test of a nuclear weapon, took place July 16, 1945. Los Alamos National Laboratory
THE GADGET: The Trinity nuclear device, known as "the gadget," just before it was tested in 1945. Los Alamos National Laboratory
TWO WORLDS: Gen. Leslie Groves, the military director of the Manhattan Project, meets with Oppenheimer, his scientific charge. Department of Energy
CLASS IN SESSION: A Los Alamos colloquium features a host of luminaries: Oppenheimer is second from left [in the second row], next to Richard Feynman. In the front row [far left] is Norris Bradbury, who succeeded Oppenheimer as Los Alamos director; Enrico Fermi is two seats to the right. Los Alamos National Laboratory
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NAMESAKES: Oppenheimer, Enrico Fermi and Ernest Lawrence pose for a picture. Both Fermi and Lawrence won Nobel Prizes in the 1930s and would later have national laboratories named in their honor. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
TWO TITANS: Albert Einstein and Oppenheimer worked together at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J., which Oppenheimer directed from 1947 until 1966. Defense Threat Reduction Agency
THE CHESS MASTER: J. Robert Oppenheimer in a portrait from around 1944. Los Alamos National Laboratory
