<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - uDkt. Jonathan Jon Osterman ungumqaphi futhi ukuphela komuntu onamandla amakhulu. Ekuqaleni wayengusosayensi owaguqulwa waba isidalwa esinamandla esibomvu, esikhanyisiwe ngemva kokuba ehlakazekile ku-Intrinsic Field Subtractor ngo-1959. Wayebuyele ekamelweni ukuze athathe iwashi lentombi yakhe ayelilungisile, futhi wavalwa ngephutha ngaphakathi lapho i-Subtractor iqala ngokuzenzakalelayo. U-Osterman waqhuma waba ama-athomu, kungasazange kusale lutho emzimbeni wakhe. Phakathi nezinyanga ezimbalwa, ukwazi kwakhe okungabonakali kwakwazi ukuzakhela umzimba ongokoqobo, ngemva kokwakhiwa kabusha okuyingxenye okuningana okubi kakhulu. Ngemva kokuvuselelwa kwakhe, ngokushesha uhulumeni wase-United States uyamcindezela ukuba asebenze, amnikeze igama elithi Doctor Manhattan, ngokusho kweManhattan Project. Yize ehlanganyela kafushane ekulweni nobugebengu, ithonya lakhe elikhulu kakhulu ukunikeza i-US inzuzo yamasu phezu kweSoviet Union ngesikhathi seMpi Yomshoshaphansi, isenzo sakhe esibaluleke kakhulu senzeka ngemuva kokuthi uMongameli Richard Nixon emcelile mathupha ukuthi angenele Impi yaseVietnam, okuholele ekunqobeni okungenamibandela kwe-US ngokunqotshwa kweNyakatho yeVietnam kanye neVietcong, ukuvimbela ukuwa kukahulumeni waseSaigon  <response>: . futhi. Njengoba esebenzela uhulumeni wase-U.S., akahlanganiswa nemibandela yoMthetho KaKeene, kodwa uchitha isikhathi sakhe esiningi enza ucwaningo nobuchwepheshe obuthuthukisiwe, nocwaningo lwe-physics. Nguye yedwa obhekele ukushintshela ezimotweni ezinamandla kagesi ngokuhlanganisa izakhi ezidingekayo namakhemikhali ngokwakhe futhi uVeidt umnika udumo ngokwenza igxathu elikhulu phambili ezindaweni eziningi zesayensi nobuchwepheshe. Ngenxa yalokho, ubuchwepheshe be-1985 ehlukile yendawo yonke ye-Watchmen buqhamuke kakhulu. Ngemva kokushona kukayise ngo-1969, akafihli igama lakhe lokuzalwa futhi ubizwa ngokuthi uJon noma uDkt Osterman. 