# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-serber
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:13:17.312Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-serber"
name: "Robert Serber"
slug: "robert-serber"
description: "Robert Serber was an American theoretical physicist who contributed to multiple branches of physics and who served as a bridge between theorists and experimentalists. As a key participant of the Manhattan Project, Serber gave lectures explaining the basic principles and goals of the project, which were printed and supplied to all incoming scientific staff. These became known as The Los Alamos Primer. The New York Times called him \"the intellectual midwife at the birth of the atomic bomb.\" He has been portrayed in films and documentaries including the 2023 film Oppenheimer where he is played by Michael Angarano."
tagline: "American physicist (1909–1997)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert_Serber_using_a_blackboard.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1909-03-14"
deathDate: "1997-06-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump