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Oppenheimer: The Real Story

Born was so impressedwith Oppenheimer that he invited him over toGottingen where Born...

Born was so impressed
with Oppenheimer that he invited him over to
Gottingen where Born taught in order to do a PhD

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Born was so impressed with Oppenheimer
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that he invited him over to Gottingen where Born taught
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in order to do a PhD.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
256
Timestamp in Movie
00:18:23
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.
Most people take three years plus to do a PhD, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:10
Most people take three years plus to do a PhD,
And the result of it is a piece of work - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:16
And the result of it is a piece of work
He then sat about working on research papers. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:06
He then sat about working on research papers.
So within a very short time, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:15
So within a very short time,
Oppenheimer had a queue of American universities - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:07
Oppenheimer had a queue of American universities
- Oh, by that time, he was already regarded - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:14
- Oh, by that time, he was already regarded
You and I can't understand what quantum is about. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:06
You and I can't understand what quantum is about.
- Because he could pick and choose, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:14
- Because he could pick and choose,
- 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,