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Oppenheimer: The Real Story

Most people take threeyears plus to do a PhD, Oppenheimer did hisin under 18 months

Most people take three
years plus to do a PhD, Oppenheimer did his
in under 18 months

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Most people take three years plus to do a PhD,
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Oppenheimer did his in under 18 months.
Duration
10 seconds
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240
Timestamp in Movie
00:18:32
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.
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
You and I can't understand what quantum is about. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:06
You and I can't understand what quantum is about.
- Because he could pick and choose, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:14
- Because he could pick and choose,
- So he went off to Berkeley and essentially founded - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:16
- So he went off to Berkeley and essentially founded
And he never, you know, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:12
And he never, you know,
He turned out to be a lousy teacher initially. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:06
He turned out to be a lousy teacher initially.
- There were elements there of traits - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:23
- There were elements there of traits
All of those would mark him for the rest of his life. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:06
All of those would mark him for the rest of his life.
- But he learned eventually to become charismatic, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:10
- But he learned eventually to become charismatic,
- He was, by all accounts, an extremely charismatic teacher - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:15
- He was, by all accounts, an extremely charismatic teacher
That prefigured the motivating - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:12
That prefigured the motivating
He loved reading French literature and poetry - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:12
He loved reading French literature and poetry
And he also was intrigued, at one point, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:26
And he also was intrigued, at one point,
Yeah, he was very much a polymath, very weird guy. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:06
Yeah, he was very much a polymath, very weird guy.
- When Oppenheimer arrived in Berkeley, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:08
- When Oppenheimer arrived in Berkeley,
He got to know Ernest Lawrence, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:17
He got to know Ernest Lawrence,