^Lot 326 Robert Oppenheimer

Physicist who directed the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and who spearheaded the Manhattan Project, which led to the successful development of the first atomic bomb. As a result of his outspoken political views in the wake of World War II, he was placed under FBI surveillance and his security clearance was stripped. Magazine cover from the November 8, 1948 issue of Time, featuring an image of Oppenheimer on the cover, signed below his image in black ink, “J. R. Oppenheimer.” Two horizontal mailing folds, scattered creasing to edges, and staple holes to left edge, otherwise fine condition.