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Oppenheimer: The Real Story

Because he couldpick and choose, he chose a veryunusual arrangement where he spent halfthe...

Because he could
pick and choose, he chose a very
unusual arrangement where he spent half
the year at Caltech and half the year at Berkeley

Full Transcript

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- Because he could pick and choose,
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he chose a very unusual arrangement
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where he spent half the year at Caltech
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and half the year at Berkeley.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
198
Timestamp in Movie
00:19:33
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.
- So he went off to Berkeley and essentially founded - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:16
- So he went off to Berkeley and essentially founded
And he never, you know, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:12
And he never, you know,
He turned out to be a lousy teacher initially. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:06
He turned out to be a lousy teacher initially.
- There were elements there of traits - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:23
- There were elements there of traits
All of those would mark him for the rest of his life. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:06
All of those would mark him for the rest of his life.
- But he learned eventually to become charismatic, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:10
- But he learned eventually to become charismatic,
- He was, by all accounts, an extremely charismatic teacher - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:15
- He was, by all accounts, an extremely charismatic teacher
That prefigured the motivating - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:12
That prefigured the motivating
He loved reading French literature and poetry - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:12
He loved reading French literature and poetry
And he also was intrigued, at one point, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:26
And he also was intrigued, at one point,
Yeah, he was very much a polymath, very weird guy. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:06
Yeah, he was very much a polymath, very weird guy.
- When Oppenheimer arrived in Berkeley, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:08
- When Oppenheimer arrived in Berkeley,
He got to know Ernest Lawrence, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:17
He got to know Ernest Lawrence,
So uninformed was he about politics. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:05
So uninformed was he about politics.
This would change very soon after that - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:07
This would change very soon after that
His students were coming - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:12
His students were coming
If you were a student of Oppenheimer, that opened doors. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:05
If you were a student of Oppenheimer, that opened doors.
But in the Depression, his students were finding - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:13
But in the Depression, his students were finding
And they got to find out what it was like - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:09
And they got to find out what it was like
And as they were still in touch with Oppenheimer, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:07
And as they were still in touch with Oppenheimer,