Who among the following developed the atomic bomb?

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The correct answer is J. Robert Oppenheimer.

Key Points

J. Robert Oppenheimer was an American theoretical physicist who is regarded as the "father of the atomic bomb".

Additional InformationErnest Rutherford :

Ernest Rutherford was a New Zealand physicist who came to be known as the father of nuclear physics.
Rutherford discovered the concept of radioactive half-life, the radioactive element radon, and differentiated and named alpha and beta radiation.
It is the basis for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry he was awarded in 1908 "for his investigations into the disintegration of the elements, and the chemistry of radioactive substances", for which he was the first Canadian and Oceanian Nobel laureate.

Dmitri Mendeleev

Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev was a Russian chemist and inventor.
He is best remembered for formulating the Periodic Law and creating a farsighted version of the periodic table of elements.
He wrote the famous book "The Principles of Chemistry".
Element 101 is named Mendelevium in his honor.