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Oppenheimer: The Real Story

And he said to Oppenheimer, well, what you are doing couldbe the most dreadful thing that...

And he said to Oppenheimer, well, what you are doing could
be the most dreadful thing that humanity is evident,
or it could be the best

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And he said to Oppenheimer,
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well, what you are doing could be the most dreadful thing
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that humanity is evident, or it could be the best.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
45
Timestamp in Movie
00:49:36
Uploaded
Apr 13, 2025
Genres
documentary
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The documentary covers Oppenheimer's contribution to nuclear physics as a professor and leader of the Los Alamos Laboratory.
And his argument for it being the best - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:22
And his argument for it being the best
Now, in order for that argument to work, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:17
Now, in order for that argument to work,
- But this is, again, you know, a curious thing - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:06
- But this is, again, you know, a curious thing
He was capable of compartmentalizing his emotions - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:12
He was capable of compartmentalizing his emotions
After the Trinity test and before Hiroshima, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:44
After the Trinity test and before Hiroshima,
Well, that was the very same week - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:37
Well, that was the very same week
So he both understood the ethical consequences - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:18
So he both understood the ethical consequences
- And so in some unpleasant sense - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:16
- And so in some unpleasant sense
And you can certainly say - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:12
And you can certainly say
They weren't really even sure - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:05
They weren't really even sure
And so if you'd waited two weeks and said, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:12
And so if you'd waited two weeks and said,
And so we built it, we're gonna use it, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:28
And so we built it, we're gonna use it,
- And after Hiroshima, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:16
- And after Hiroshima,
Oppenheimer never felt that he made a mistake - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:13
Oppenheimer never felt that he made a mistake
And the thing that Japanese journalists - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:11
And the thing that Japanese journalists
Oppenheimer still say, "No, I don't." - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:16
Oppenheimer still say, "No, I don't."
He was a very famous man, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:15
He was a very famous man,
- And it's very notable that after the war, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:06
- And it's very notable that after the war,
He did no original science after the war. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:05
He did no original science after the war.
He still kept his directorship - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:28
He still kept his directorship