J. Robert Oppenheimer was

A) the head of the program to develop the world's first fusion bomb.
B) the inventor of radiation therapy.
C) the head of the program to develop the world's first fission bomb.
D) the discoverer of nuclear fission.
E) the head of the program to develop the world's first nuclear reactor.


C

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What will be an ideal response?

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