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Oppenheimer: The Real Story

And so as it turned out, he was the perfect choice tobe in charge of this operation

And so as it turned out, he was the perfect choice to
be in charge of this operation

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And so as it turned out,
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he was the perfect choice to be in charge of this operation.
Duration
7 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:35:41
Uploaded
Apr 13, 2025
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documentary
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The documentary covers Oppenheimer's contribution to nuclear physics as a professor and leader of the Los Alamos Laboratory.
- [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,
- Oh, he again had transformed himself - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:07
- Oh, he again had transformed himself
He had a signature pork pie hat, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:12
He had a signature pork pie hat,
He was handsome and charming - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:10
He was handsome and charming
And at Los Alamos, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:12
And at Los Alamos,
So he would come into the room - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:17
So he would come into the room
And then after 30 minutes or an hour, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:20
And then after 30 minutes or an hour,
- The accounts of the scientists who worked there - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:19
- The accounts of the scientists who worked there
And they say, in their reminiscences, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:08
And they say, in their reminiscences,
- [Kai] Los Alamos became his magical city on the hill. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:07
- [Kai] Los Alamos became his magical city on the hill.
And, you know, social life revolved all around events, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:14
And, you know, social life revolved all around events,