J.ROBERT OPPENHEIMER is probably the figure from the twentieth century who comes closest to a myth. In Greek mythology, Prometheus brought fire to mankind by stealing it from the peak of Mount Olympus; Oppenheimer dived into the smallest unit of matter and brought us the nuclear bomb, the godly force more destructive than all the combined tyrants in human history.
Some have argued that Oppenheimer, through his leadership in the Manhattan Project, marked a
