Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” soared past expectations at the box office last weekend, raking in $80.5 million in its opening weekend and coming in second behind “Barbie.” “Oppenheimer” tells the story of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer and the creation of the atomic bomb. The movie’s release is sparking renewed interest among movie goers and the general public in nuclear physics.
Andrei Afanasev is a professor of physics and director of the GW Institute for Nuclear Studies at the George Washington University. The Institute provides an umbrella for research that aims to address crucial questions related to nuclear science, technology and security. Afanasev’s expertise includes Theoretical Nuclear Physics, Quantum Optics and Photonics. He can speak to the science of nuclear physics and its history.
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