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Oppenheimer: The Real Story

And I think, in part,this was because Groves knew nothingabout quantum physics, knew...

And I think, in part,
this was because Groves knew nothing
about quantum physics, knew nothing about what
was involved technically but he saw here was
this 34-year-old eccentric physicist who could talk in plain English, and he could do so
because, you know, he loved poetry and literature, and so he could communicate

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And I think, in part, this was because
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Groves knew nothing about quantum physics,
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knew nothing about what was involved technically
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but he saw here was this 34-year-old
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eccentric physicist
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who could talk in plain English,
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and he could do so because, you know,
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he loved poetry and literature,
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and so he could communicate.
Duration
33 seconds
Views
79
Timestamp in Movie
00:32:06
Uploaded
Apr 13, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
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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.
- Groves wrote to J. Edgar Hoover saying, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:09
- Groves wrote to J. Edgar Hoover saying,
He's going to be head of this project," - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:10
He's going to be head of this project,"
And as it turned out, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:09
And as it turned out,
- Oppe made the brilliant pitch that he says: - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:43
- Oppe made the brilliant pitch that he says:
Well, Groves loved that idea. [laughs] - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:09
Well, Groves loved that idea. [laughs]
And so he actually, soon thereafter, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:07
And so he actually, soon thereafter,
Robert wanted the secret city to be built there - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:24
Robert wanted the secret city to be built there
[light music] - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:18
[light music]
- It was Oppenheimer's insistence - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:09
- It was Oppenheimer's insistence
It's right in the hills, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:12
It's right in the hills,
And Oppenheimer, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:18
And Oppenheimer,
And as it turned out, he could have meetings - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:29
And as it turned out, he could have meetings
And so as it turned out, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:07
And so as it turned out,
- [Kai] The initial estimate was maybe 100 people - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:09
- [Kai] The initial estimate was maybe 100 people
Well, it quickly grew to 1,000 - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:09
Well, it quickly grew to 1,000
By the end of the war, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:05
By the end of the war,
He later said that, you know, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:07
He later said that, you know,
You know, the idea of fission had been discovered in 1939, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:07
You know, the idea of fission had been discovered in 1939,
So it was an open secret - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:24
So it was an open secret
- The building of the device, the design of the device, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:18
- The building of the device, the design of the device,