# Event Details - **Event Name**: Destroyer of worlds: the prequel and sequel to Oppenheimer - **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 31 Mar, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Tue, 31 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm - **Event Description**: Frank Close discusses how an accidental discovery sparked a chain of discoveries which would unleash the atomic age.About this EventFrank Close discusses how an accidental discovery sparked a chain of discoveries which would unleash the atomic age and reveals some of the myths that have grown around this saga.Could the atomic energy contained in a kilogram of radium really drive a ship across the Atlantic? Did a traffic light near the British Museum really give Leo Szilard his idea of the chain reaction? And was Oppenheimer really the “father of the atomic bomb?”Frank Close discusses his acclaimed book, Destroyer of Worlds, that charts how the accidental discovery of a faint smudge on a photographic plate in 1896 sparked a chain of discoveries which would unleash the atomic age, and reveals some of the myths that have grown around this saga. From the discovery of radioactivity and splitting of the atom, he tells how the pursuit of nuclear power was overwhelmed by the politics of the 1930s, and following the devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, presented a still more terrible possibility: a thermonuclear bomb that could destroy all life on earth - from anywhereFrank Close is Emeritus Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Oxford. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and winner of their Michael Faraday Prize for excellence in science communication. He was formerly head of theory at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory and head of communications and public education at CERN. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/cambridge/destroyer-of-worlds-the-prequel-and-sequel-to-oppenheimer/100001979732279541 - **Event Categories**: - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: Cambridge - **state**: EN - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: Centre for Mathematical Sciences - **lat**: 52.21052049999999 - **long**: 0.1010316 - **full address**: Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge, United Kingdom ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Destroyer of worlds: the prequel and sequel to Oppenheimer - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/202c62b4bc6797b0e4d818390d24a309d1d3d57a9d49bbaeb8b7ff1f9a3f8e38-rimg-w590-h592-dcbb965f-gmir.jpg?v=1771344545 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Destroyer of worlds: the prequel and sequel to Oppenheimer being held? - **A:** Destroyer of worlds: the prequel and sequel to Oppenheimer takes place on Tue, 31 Mar, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Tue, 31 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm at Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge, United Kingdom. - **Q**: Who is organizing Destroyer of worlds: the prequel and sequel to Oppenheimer? - **A:** Destroyer of worlds: the prequel and sequel to Oppenheimer is organized by Cambridge Festival. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Destroyer of worlds: the prequel and sequel to Oppenheimer", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/202c62b4bc6797b0e4d818390d24a309d1d3d57a9d49bbaeb8b7ff1f9a3f8e38-rimg-w590-h592-dcbb965f-gmir.jpg?v=1771344545", "startDate": "2026-03-31", "endDate": "2026-03-31", "url": "https://allevents.in/cambridge/destroyer-of-worlds-the-prequel-and-sequel-to-oppenheimer/100001979732279541", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Centre for Mathematical Sciences", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "Wilberforce Road", "postalCode": "CB3 0WA", "addressLocality": "Cambridge", "addressRegion": "EN", "addressCountry": "GB" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "52.21052049999999", "longitude": "0.1010316" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Frank Close discusses how an accidental discovery sparked a chain of discoveries which would unleash the atomic age.", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "GBP", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-07", "availabilityEnds": "2026-03-31", "validFrom": "2026-04-07", "lowPrice": "0.00", "highPrice": "0.00", "price": "0.00", "url": "https://allevents.in/cambridge/destroyer-of-worlds-the-prequel-and-sequel-to-oppenheimer/100001979732279541" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "GBP", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-07", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-07", "url": "https://allevents.in/cambridge/destroyer-of-worlds-the-prequel-and-sequel-to-oppenheimer/100001979732279541", "price": 0, "name": "General Admission" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Cambridge Festival", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/cambridge-festival/18452732", "description": "The new, interdisciplinary Cambridge Festival (replacing the Cambridge Science Festival and the Cambridge Festival of Ideas) will take place from 26 March to 4 April 2021. 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