File talk:J. Robert Oppenheimer visit to Israel (997009326988305171) (cropped).jpg

Identity of bust in picture?

Does anyone have any idea who the bust is? It doesn't look like Oppenheimer at all. GDW13 (talk) 01:43, 6 August 2023 (UTC)

I was wondering that myself, and spent some time trying to find out. In the end I couldn't even figure out where Oppenheimer was or even the date, but I rush to add that this was lazy, armchair internet research, and I suspect that a check of an Oppenheimer bio will yield the answer. Some intuition tells me it might be Chaim Weizmann -- see File:Chaim Weizmann - Seyfullah Esin - Moshe Sharett 1950.jpg. EEng (talk) 18:39, 6 August 2023 (UTC)

The bust is of Neils Bohr. The occasion was the 4 April 1958 inauguration ceremony of the Nuclear Physics Institute at Weizmann.reference.More about this visit. Hawkeye7 (talk) 18:56, 14 August 2023 (UTC)

Just seeing this now. Thanks. GDW13 (talk) 18:40, 7 January 2024 (UTC)