Oppenheimer in New York: Upper West Side Walking Tour

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Discover the New York story behind physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer and the rise of modern science. This walking tour explores the Upper West Side locations tied to Oppenheimer’s early life, education, and professional network. Participants learn how the city’s universities, political movements, and cultural institutions shaped both his career and the scientific community of the 1930s and 1940s. The tour offers a detailed look at how New York’s intellectual atmosphere helped forge ideas that would define an era.