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Oppenheimer: The Real Story

And as it turned out, it was a stroke ofgenius on Groves's part because Oppenheimer, it's...

And as it turned out, it was a stroke of
genius on Groves's part because Oppenheimer, it's as if his whole life had
been leading up to this point

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And as it turned out,
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it was a stroke of genius on Groves's part
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because Oppenheimer,
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it's as if his whole life had been leading up to this point.
Duration
9 seconds
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28
Timestamp in Movie
00:32:55
Uploaded
Apr 13, 2025
Genres
documentary
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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.
- 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,
There was tremendous time pressure on Los Alamos - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:26
There was tremendous time pressure on Los Alamos
- Rather strangely, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:07
- Rather strangely,
He was the archetypal ivory tower academic, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:12
He was the archetypal ivory tower academic,