Oppenheimer will forever be associated with both delivering the the nuclear weapon and with his own reflection on what he had done, whether triumph or regret.

Oppenheimer will forever be associated with both delivering the the nuclear weapon and with his own reflection on what he had done, whether triumph or regret. His legacy is equally sociological as it is scientific or technological. To pick him apart and view him only through the lens of his physics research is very myopic, equivalent to picking apart whether Bill Gates was a great programmer.