Lewis Strauss, the chairman of the AEC, became suspicious of Oppenheimer for opposing the development of a hydrogen bomb. Oppenheimer pressed for international control of nuclear weapons ...

A pivotal moment in the film came with Lewis Strauss weaponizing William Borden by granting him access to Oppenheimer’s files. While the movie played it out as a brilliant twist with Robert ...

J. Robert Oppenheimer was an immensely complex figure, and the movie's based on a biography of him. While the movie is historically accurate in many ways, there are a few bits of fiction mixed in.

Convincing Robert Downey Jr. to play Lewis Strauss – a key antagonist in the J. Robert Oppenheimer saga—wasn’t much of a challenge. “I don’t know why I can relate to Lewis Strauss so ...

And they claimed that Oppenheimer's opposition had retarded the progress of the project. Rather than hand in his resignation, which is what AEC chairman Lewis Strauss had hoped Oppenheimer would ...

The July 21 theatrical release of the film “Oppenheimer,” focused on the life of a prominent American nuclear physicist, should help to remind us of how badly the development of modern weapons has ...

Robert Oppenheimer, who led the assembly and testing ... Instead, there is a glimpse of it in his eyes as he passes Senator Lewis Strauss in one of the film's most critical scenes, beside the ...

Robert Downey Jr. is the odds-on favorite in the best supporting actor category for his portrayal of the contentious government official Lewis Strauss, in Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer.” ...