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Oppenheimer: The Real Story

And so he's sufficientlylonely and eccentric that he's lookingfor safe spaces, and...

And so he's sufficiently
lonely and eccentric that he's looking
for safe spaces, and Princeton was a certain
kind of a safe space but St. John's was
a much greater one, and when you're there, it's, you know, beautiful
emerald seas and sands and a native population
that couldn't care less about whatever your life is
back in the United States

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And so he's sufficiently lonely and eccentric
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that he's looking for safe spaces,
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and Princeton was a certain kind of a safe space
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but St. John's was a much greater one,
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and when you're there,
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it's, you know, beautiful emerald seas and sands
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and a native population that couldn't care less
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about whatever your life is back in the United States.
Duration
32 seconds
Views
46
Timestamp in Movie
01:19:16
Uploaded
Apr 13, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

The documentary covers Oppenheimer's contribution to nuclear physics as a professor and leader of the Los Alamos Laboratory.
And so I think that that was a kind of a Shangri-la for him - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:18
And so I think that that was a kind of a Shangri-la for him
Again, it was sort of like New Mexico, it was spartan. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:06
Again, it was sort of like New Mexico, it was spartan.
It was much better weather, [chuckles] - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:07
It was much better weather, [chuckles]
[water crashing] - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:18
[water crashing]
- [Ray] Ed Murrow had this idea of going to Princeton - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:09
- [Ray] Ed Murrow had this idea of going to Princeton
And he came back to New York City from Princeton, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:14
And he came back to New York City from Princeton,
Just as Groves had found - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:15
Just as Groves had found
He was able to explain things in a simple way - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:10
He was able to explain things in a simple way
- [Ed Murrow] This is a brief report - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:11
- [Ed Murrow] This is a brief report
Dr. Oppenheimer, why don't we begin - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:08
Dr. Oppenheimer, why don't we begin
Of course, it began at the time when I wasn't anywhere near, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:11
Of course, it began at the time when I wasn't anywhere ...
I'm about to find someone - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:06
I'm about to find someone
There are no telephones ringing, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:09
There are no telephones ringing,
It's especially for the few people who are here for life. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:06
It's especially for the few people who are here for lif...
The first years are quite remarkable - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:21
The first years are quite remarkable
- Oppenheimer charmed Ed Murrow, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:09
- Oppenheimer charmed Ed Murrow,
Suddenly, he was everybody's favorite scientist again, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:11
Suddenly, he was everybody's favorite scientist again,
He would talk about Hinduism, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:10
He would talk about Hinduism,
He had this very arresting sentence - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:33
He had this very arresting sentence
And Oppenheimer gave a series of fascinating lectures - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:08
And Oppenheimer gave a series of fascinating lectures