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Which university did Oppenheimer hold academic positions at before working on the Manhattan Project?

  • University of California, Berkeley

  • Stanford University

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Yale University

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Before joining the Manhattan Project, J. Robert Oppenheimer held academic positions at the University of California, Berkeley, and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). He made significant contributions to theoretical physics during his time at these institutions.
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