Profs & Pints DC: The Real Oppenheimer

Profs and Pints DC presents: “The Real Oppenheimer,” a look at the scientist portrayed in the hit film and his role in the rise of the atomic age, with Allen Pietrobon, professor of Global Affairs at Trinity Washington University, scholar of Cold War history, and former assistant director of research at American University’s Nuclear Studies Institute. J. Robert Oppenheimer, one of the most famous names of the 1940s and 50s, has been made newly famous by his treatment this year in a Hollywood biographical thriller. But there was much more to him and the research he oversaw than is depicted in the film. Learn in depth about Oppenheimer and his era in American history with Professor Allen Pietrobon, an award-winning historian and biographer who has earned a considerable following among Profs and Pints fans for his excellent talks. Tackling a subject directly in his wheelhouse—nuclear history—he’ll take us back to the dawn of…