[Bernard Marx]

The US developed nukes in the 1940's with nothing even as powerful as a Pentium 286.

Not so sure...we had Oppie's brain.

[nopardons]

Who used ALL of Leo Szilard's previous work on splitting the atom, as well has having him of the team.

[grey_whiskers]

Yes, I almost posted the line:

Except Einstein, and Fermi, and Feynman, and Teller, and Stanislaw, and Ulam, and...

Oppenheimer, as I understand it, was the organizational brain who guided the scientists. He was intelligent enough to maintain their respect.

Cheers!