Shell Development Emeryville Research Center, J. Robert Oppenheimer & Communist Espionage | The E’ville Eye
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By Rob Arias
The box office hit “Oppenheimer” by Director Christopher Nolan based on the 2005 Pulitzer award winning biography American Prometheus has reinvigorated a historical fascination with the so-called “father of the atomic bomb.”
Much of the film centers around neighboring Berkeley where J. Robert Oppenheimer (or “Oppie” as he was referred to by those close to him) was a Physics professor for the University of California.
Emeryville is never directly referenced in the film but the famed Shell Development Emeryville Research Center plays a critical part of the storyline.
