Sheril KirshenbaumAug 2, 2023

"Christopher Nolan's #Oppenheimer explores the work of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer & colleagues to create the atomic bomb.

Yet, the film fails to depict a key part of the story, using 2 female scientists as stand-ins for ALL of the women who contributed."

Hundreds of women were essential to the Manhattan Project, including Nobel Prize winning physicist Maria Goeppert Mayer. But they are largely absent in the #film.

https://www.businessinsider.com/women-manhattan-project-christopher-nolan-oppenheimer-completely-ignored-2023-7 #HistoryRemix #science #history

The women that Nolan's new film 'Oppenheimer' completely ignored

Women serving in key roles like explosion techs, librarians, and hematologists were essential to the Manhattan Project.

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@Sheril

I am physicist (PhD, retired) and I have the most serious conflicts of conscience in acknowledging the scientific achievement of colleague Oppenheimer in constructing the most devastating patriarchal weapon of mass destruction. It is all the more difficult for me to applaud the participation of women. This is system immanent "female emancipation".
Perhaps better than nothing?
Aug 3, 2023 at 12:14amWeb