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Oppenheimer: The Real Story

So it was an open secret among physicists in Germanyand Japan and America that this was...

so it was an open secret among physicists in Germany
and Japan and America that this was theoretically
possible to build a gadget that would have an
enormous explosive power but how to do it became
an engineering problem

Full Transcript

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so it was an open secret
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among physicists in Germany and Japan and America
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that this was theoretically possible to build a gadget
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that would have an enormous explosive power
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but how to do it became an engineering problem.
Duration
24 seconds
Views
39
Timestamp in Movie
00:36:32
Uploaded
Apr 13, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
N/A

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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.
- The building of the device, the design of the device, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:18
- The building of the device, the design of the device,
There was tremendous time pressure on Los Alamos - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:26
There was tremendous time pressure on Los Alamos
- Rather strangely, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:07
- Rather strangely,
He was the archetypal ivory tower academic, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:12
He was the archetypal ivory tower academic,
- Oh, he again had transformed himself - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:07
- Oh, he again had transformed himself
He had a signature pork pie hat, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:12
He had a signature pork pie hat,
He was handsome and charming - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:10
He was handsome and charming
And at Los Alamos, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:12
And at Los Alamos,
So he would come into the room - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:17
So he would come into the room
And then after 30 minutes or an hour, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:20
And then after 30 minutes or an hour,
- The accounts of the scientists who worked there - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:19
- The accounts of the scientists who worked there
And they say, in their reminiscences, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:08
And they say, in their reminiscences,
- [Kai] Los Alamos became his magical city on the hill. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:07
- [Kai] Los Alamos became his magical city on the hill.
And, you know, social life revolved all around events, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:14
And, you know, social life revolved all around events,
And Oppenheimer, you know, had parties all the time, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:13
And Oppenheimer, you know, had parties all the time,
You know, he continued to go horseback riding. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:06
You know, he continued to go horseback riding.
[upbeat music continues] - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:05
[upbeat music continues]
Many of the scientists were from Europe, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:10
Many of the scientists were from Europe,
They would enjoy what New Mexico had to offer - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:10
They would enjoy what New Mexico had to offer
It was a very young community, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:05
It was a very young community,