The movie we've all be waiting for, the movie about a beloved childhood toy, opened in theaters everywhere this week. I am talking, of course, about Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer.
Who knows how many little girls were inspired to enter STEM fields by playing with their "Oppie" dolls. The Spousal Unit has regaled me with stories about the many happy hours spent dressing her Oppie in different suits, trench coats, and fedora hats. Of the joy she felt on that one extra special Christmas morning when she opened a brightly wrapped package to find her very own "Oppie's Dream Atomic Bomb". How she collected Oppie's friends like Lieutenant Colonel Leslie Groves ("With Angry Face!"), and the terrific glow-in-the-dark Louis Slotin (which inspired her to pursue a career in medicine). And how building their own Trinity test site in the backyard sand box brought her and her older brother closer together.
She and I look forward to seeing Oppenheimer so that she can relive those golden childhood memories.
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My ex-fiancée's dog was named Ms. Oppenheimer, usually shortened to Oppie (she worked for the RAND Corporation at the time). She told me most people asked her if the dog was named after the mutual fund...
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