If Oppenheimer Didn’t Invent the Atomic Bomb, Who Did -?

Its often quoted that Robert Oppenheimer invented the atomic bomb, but the theory for a practical nuclear bomb had been drawn up long before Oppenheimer led the scientific side of the Manhattan Project. So if Oppenheimer didn’t invent the bomb who did? Written, Researched and Presented by Paul Shillito Images and footage: Images and footage : U.S DoD, Lawrence Livermore Lab, MIT. And as always a big thank you also goes out to all our Patreons :-) Eριχθόνιος JL Adriaan_von_Grobbe Alex K Alipasha Sadri Andrew Gaess Andrew Smith Brian Kelly Carl Soderstrom Charles Thacker ChasingSol Collin Copfer Daniel Armer Erik Ahrsjo Florian Müller George Bishop II Glenn Dickinson inunotaisho Jesse Postier Joey Piccola Jonathan Travers Ken Schwarz L D László Antal Lorne Diebel Mark Heslop Matti J Malkia Paul Freed Paul Shutler Peter Engrav Robert Sanges Ryan Emmenegger SHAMIR stefan hufenbach Steve Ehrmann Steve J - LakeCountySpacePort tesaft Tim Alberstein Tomasz Leszczyński Tyron Muenzer Will Lowe