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Oppenheimer: The Real Story

It's very difficultto know why exactly, but Oppenheimer froma very young age, made efforts...

It's very difficult
to know why exactly, but Oppenheimer from
a very young age, made efforts to distance
himself from the description that almost everybody
would've given of him

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It's very difficult to know why exactly,
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but Oppenheimer from a very young age,
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made efforts to distance himself from the description
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that almost everybody would've given of him.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
201
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:31
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.
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,
- I think he had a big ego, [laughs] yes. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:06
- I think he had a big ego, [laughs] yes.
He had a strong ego, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:09
He had a strong ego,
- He was a little bit precious in a way - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:09
- He was a little bit precious in a way
There was an incident at a summer camp - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:10
There was an incident at a summer camp
But I do think that he was aware - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:12
But I do think that he was aware
He wanted to do something special. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:07
He wanted to do something special.
- So he had a year of enforced leisure - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:22
- So he had a year of enforced leisure
And partly, I think, to get rid of him, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:13
And partly, I think, to get rid of him,
[gentle upbeat music] - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:16
[gentle upbeat music]
And Fergusson was from a well-known family in New Mexico. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:07
And Fergusson was from a well-known family in New Mexico.
[water rushing] - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:24
[water rushing]
- New Mexico couldn't have been more of a contrast - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:19
- New Mexico couldn't have been more of a contrast
That was the first time that he had - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:14
That was the first time that he had
- Oh, New Mexico had an enormous impact on him. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:05
- Oh, New Mexico had an enormous impact on him.