What Happened To Ernest Lawrence After Oppenheimer

Nuclear physicist Ernest Lawrence, portrayed by Josh Hartnett in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, continued his ambitious scientific pursuits and advocacy after the events that took place in the film. Once a close friend and associate of theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer on the infamous Manhattan Project, Lawrence became a central figure in the advancement of institutionalized and government-funded support of scientific programs which was eventually referred to as Big Science.