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Oppenheimer: The Real Story

His mother had a withered hand and she kept it very secret, and no one wasallowed to...

His mother had a withered hand and she kept it very secret, and no one was
allowed to mention it

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His mother had a withered hand
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and she kept it very secret,
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and no one was allowed to mention it.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
167
Timestamp in Movie
00:04:28
Uploaded
Apr 13, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
N/A

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The documentary covers Oppenheimer's contribution to nuclear physics as a professor and leader of the Los Alamos Laboratory.
And the general emotional atmosphere - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:10
And the general emotional atmosphere
[cheerful piano music] - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:05
[cheerful piano music]
[cheerful piano music continues] - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:06
[cheerful piano music continues]
He was, you know, surrounded by culture and art. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:07
He was, you know, surrounded by culture and art.
His mother was an artist and a collector of modern art, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:10
His mother was an artist and a collector of modern art,
He once said that his life as a child - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:10
He once said that his life as a child
You know, he was a very sheltered privileged young man. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:07
You know, he was a very sheltered privileged young man.
- His fellow schoolmates, one of them remembers him saying, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:20
- His fellow schoolmates, one of them remembers him saying,
- The Ethical Culture School was Jewish but not Jewish. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:07
- The Ethical Culture School was Jewish but not Jewish.
It came out of Judaism, founded by a Reform rabbi, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:09
It came out of Judaism, founded by a Reform rabbi,
- Although he was finally with other children his age, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:09
- Although he was finally with other children his age,
And until Francis Fergusson arrived, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:28
And until Francis Fergusson arrived,
And I think that had a lot to do - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:08
And I think that had a lot to do
It's very difficult to know why exactly, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:14
It's very difficult to know why exactly,
He insisted he was neither German nor Jewish. [laughs] - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:16
He insisted he was neither German nor Jewish. [laughs]
- And I think this was very much bound up - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:11
- And I think this was very much bound up
And that very much influenced Oppenheimer - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:12
And that very much influenced Oppenheimer
He had no traumatic experiences. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:06
He had no traumatic experiences.
He went horseback riding in Central Park, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:13
He went horseback riding in Central Park,
- Later interest in New Mexico, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:23
- Later interest in New Mexico,