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Oppenheimer: The Real Story

He was a very famous man, was lauded on the coversof "TIME" and "LIFE." He decided very...

He was a very famous man, was lauded on the covers
of "TIME" and "LIFE." He decided very quickly, you know, after Hiroshima, he
fell into a deep depression

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He was a very famous man,
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was lauded on the covers of "TIME" and "LIFE."
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He decided very quickly,
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you know, after Hiroshima, he fell into a deep depression.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
45
Timestamp in Movie
00:54:17
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.
- 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
- The late 1940s, before 1949, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:11
- The late 1940s, before 1949,
Are we in some kind of Cold War or is it something else? - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:05
Are we in some kind of Cold War or is it something else?
Is there a chance to avoid total confrontation - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:07
Is there a chance to avoid total confrontation
Is there a chance to avoid a sort of military dominance - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:09
Is there a chance to avoid a sort of military dominance
- And Oppenheimer drew up this ambitious plan, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:25
- And Oppenheimer drew up this ambitious plan,
- [Kai] The realization that this had happened - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:19
- [Kai] The realization that this had happened
And I think it was hard for him - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:08
And I think it was hard for him
- The difficulty with Oppenheimer in this whole period - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:17
- The difficulty with Oppenheimer in this whole period
On the other hand, he's become a very important person - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:08
On the other hand, he's become a very important person
He's sort of the top of the pyramid - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:13
He's sort of the top of the pyramid
He is the face of this new technology, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:13
He is the face of this new technology,
So Oppenheimer's approach through all of this - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:12
So Oppenheimer's approach through all of this
- And he gets an appointment with Harry Truman - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:07
- And he gets an appointment with Harry Truman
He was very gracious, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:22
He was very gracious,
And so here's the president of the United States - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:31
And so here's the president of the United States
You know, so he's making this argument to Harry Truman, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:29
You know, so he's making this argument to Harry Truman,
And Oppenheimer, like, understands in that moment - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:09
And Oppenheimer, like, understands in that moment