2024-03-10 06:05:28
This content was published on March 10, 2024 – 09:01
(Keystone-ATS) Documents tracing the invention of the atomic bomb, including a letter signed by Robert Oppenheimer, are being auctioned in Boston, United States. The film “Oppenheimer” is the big favorite for the Oscars on Sunday.
The portrait of the father of the atomic bomb directed by Christopher Nolan has indeed accumulated thirteen nominations for American cinema awards and is almost guaranteed to win several prizes on Sunday in Hollywood.
The three-hour feature film traces the history of the arms race which led to this scientific invention which precipitated the end of the Second World War.
“Rapport Smyth”
Among the goods up for auction in Boston is a document tracing the secret creation, in the Los Alamos laboratory in New Mexico, of the atomic bomb. Entitled “Smyth report”, this text was presented to the press for the first time on August 12, 1945, a few days after the bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which caused approximately 140,000 and 74,000 deaths respectively.
“These documents provide an overview of the scientific and administrative journey that led to the creation of one of humanity’s most formidable weapons,” says the auction house RR Auction House.
Among its signatories are Robert Oppenheimer, but also Enrico Fermi, famous for having created the first nuclear reactor, Ernest Lawrence, Nobel Prize winner and pioneer of the cyclotron particle accelerator or even James Chadwick, who discovered the neutron, notes the auction house.
The current bid for this document was more than $35,000 on Saturday. The sale is due to close on Wednesday.
Another document for sale: a letter typed by Robert Oppenheimer in which he describes his invention as “a weapon for attackers”. A bid of over $4,000 was made for this document.
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