  We aim to carry out an assessment of the scientific value of Oppenheimer's
research on black holes in order to determine and weigh possible factors to
explain its neglect by the scientific community, and even by Oppenheimer
himself. Dealing primarily with the science and looking closely at the
scientific culture and the scientific conceptual belief system of the 1930s,
the present article seeks to supplement the existent literature on the subject
by enriching the explanations and possibly complicating the guiding questions.
We suggest a rereading of Oppenheimer as a more intriguing, ahead-of-his-time
figure.
