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J. Robert Oppenheimer is a very good scientist because he has a passion for learning ever since he was a young child. "From the ages of seven through twelve, Robert had three solitary but all-consuming passions: minerals, writing, and reading poetry, and building with blocks. By the age of twelve, he was using the family typewriter to correspond with a number of well-know local geologists about the rock formations he had studied at central park" (Bird, 14). He loved to collect rocks when he was little, labeling each with their scientific names. The way he has achieved the admiration of geologists and rock collectors showed his brilliance in his early years. Ever since his grandfather gave him the encyclopedia of architecture, Oppenheimer has developed a deep love for blocks, which would come in later on in the construction and design of the atomic bombs. During his school days, Oppenheimer would "receive every idea as perfectly beautiful" (Bird 22). He loved to learn, and was......

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