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Oppenheimer: The Real Story

I can't imagine him submittinghimself to party orders from the local partychapter...

I can't imagine him submitting
himself to party orders from the local party
chapter secretary, you know

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I can't imagine him submitting himself to party orders
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from the local party chapter secretary, you know.
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10 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:26:16
Uploaded
Apr 13, 2025
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documentary
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The documentary covers Oppenheimer's contribution to nuclear physics as a professor and leader of the Los Alamos Laboratory.
He had too big of a ego. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:05
He had too big of a ego.
And then by 1942, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:24
And then by 1942,
So given that ambition, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:20
So given that ambition,
- This was the time of the Great Depression, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:09
- This was the time of the Great Depression,
And it was also the time when the Communist Party - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:11
And it was also the time when the Communist Party
So being involved with and sympathetic - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:19
So being involved with and sympathetic
He was both involved with the Communist Party - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:11
He was both involved with the Communist Party
I think, in some ways, that political involvement, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:23
I think, in some ways, that political involvement,
General Groves was a man of indomitable will. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:06
General Groves was a man of indomitable will.
It used to be said - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:14
It used to be said
Most uranium in the world is 238, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:09
Most uranium in the world is 238,
You can create 235 from 238, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:10
You can create 235 from 238,
He bought up enormous areas of land in Tennessee, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:18
He bought up enormous areas of land in Tennessee,
And when people give estimates - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:13
And when people give estimates
The most extraordinary thing, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:07
The most extraordinary thing,
They were trained to say, "Look, here's a machine," - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:09
They were trained to say, "Look, here's a machine,...
When it goes this way, turn that knob," - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:06
When it goes this way, turn that knob,"
- Here it is, General Groves, plutonium. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:05
- Here it is, General Groves, plutonium.
- Well, that's the first time I've seen it, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:12
- Well, that's the first time I've seen it,
- Groves also realized that he needed to get the scientists - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:13
- Groves also realized that he needed to get the scientists