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Oppenheimer: The Real Story

He wasn't alaboratory physicist, he was most interestedin theoretical physics, and he also...

He wasn't a
laboratory physicist, he was most interested
in theoretical physics, and he also found it difficult
socially in Cambridge

Full Transcript

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He wasn't a laboratory physicist,
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he was most interested in theoretical physics,
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and he also found it difficult socially in Cambridge.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
286
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:41
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.
It was expected of all the students - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:08
It was expected of all the students
There's a story that Oppenheimer gave his presentation, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:28
There's a story that Oppenheimer gave his presentation,
There are other reports of people finding him curled up - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:15
There are other reports of people finding him curled up
Patrick Blackett was, one supposes, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:13
Patrick Blackett was, one supposes,
Patrick Blackett was notoriously well connected. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:05
Patrick Blackett was notoriously well connected.
He was superbly good in the laboratory. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:06
He was superbly good in the laboratory.
And Oppenheimer once went on holiday to Corsica - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:26
And Oppenheimer once went on holiday to Corsica
Harvard had been explicitly anti-Semitic. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:06
Harvard had been explicitly anti-Semitic.
That doesn't seem to have troubled Oppenheimer - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:06
That doesn't seem to have troubled Oppenheimer
I think what bothered him at Cambridge - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:20
I think what bothered him at Cambridge
And I think this bothered him to his very core. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:05
And I think this bothered him to his very core.
Salvation came to throw Oppenheimer a lifeline was Max Born, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:14
Salvation came to throw Oppenheimer a lifeline was Max Born,
Oppenheimer got to know him, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:06
Oppenheimer got to know him,
Born was so impressed with Oppenheimer - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:09
Born was so impressed with Oppenheimer
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