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Oppenheimer: The Real Story

It was very privilegedbut very intense, and he always felt thatthere was something sad...

It was very privileged
but very intense, and he always felt that
there was something sad about his parents

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It was very privileged but very intense,
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and he always felt that there was something
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sad about his parents.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
152
Timestamp in Movie
00:04:17
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.
His mother had a withered hand - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:12
His mother had a withered hand
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,