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Oppenheimer: The Real Story

Started renting in 1929 on 135 acres upat like 9,500 feet

Started renting in 1929 on 135 acres up
at like 9,500 feet

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Started renting in 1929
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on 135 acres up at like 9,500 feet
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00:12:37
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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.
In the middle of nowhere, [laughs] - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:06
In the middle of nowhere, [laughs]
- [Frank] We slept on the floor, a board floor, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:10
- [Frank] We slept on the floor, a board floor,
But [laughs] that didn't bother Robert much, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:08
But [laughs] that didn't bother Robert much,
He looked terribly frail, but he was pretty tough. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:06
He looked terribly frail, but he was pretty tough.
- A decade later, he was always telling people, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:34
- A decade later, he was always telling people,
- Again, he succeeded at everything he did at Harvard - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:08
- Again, he succeeded at everything he did at Harvard
He had a few friends, his roommates. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:06
He had a few friends, his roommates.
You know, he was a very intense personality - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:10
You know, he was a very intense personality
I don't think hemade any long-term friendships there, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:13
I don't think hemade any long-term friendships there,
- And the most famous physicist at that time - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:15
- And the most famous physicist at that time
But there was a problem there because although as a student, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:18
But there was a problem there because although as a student,
Rutherford's colleague was a man called J.J. Thompson, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:09
Rutherford's colleague was a man called J.J. Thompson,
And as a sort of second best, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:19
And as a sort of second best,
And he spent a year at Cambridge in England - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:08
And he spent a year at Cambridge in England
He was a square peg trying to fit into a round hole. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:07
He was a square peg trying to fit into a round hole.
He wasn't a laboratory physicist, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:13
He wasn't a laboratory physicist,
It was expected of all the students - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:08
It was expected of all the students
There's a story that Oppenheimer gave his presentation, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:28
There's a story that Oppenheimer gave his presentation,
There are other reports of people finding him curled up - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:15
There are other reports of people finding him curled up
Patrick Blackett was, one supposes, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:13
Patrick Blackett was, one supposes,