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Oppenheimer: The Real Story

That prefigured the motivating role that he had as theleader of Los Alamos

That prefigured the motivating role that he had as the
leader of Los Alamos

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That prefigured the motivating
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role that he had as the leader of Los Alamos.
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00:21:03
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Apr 13, 2025
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The documentary covers Oppenheimer's contribution to nuclear physics as a professor and leader of the Los Alamos Laboratory.
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,
So uninformed was he about politics. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:05
So uninformed was he about politics.
This would change very soon after that - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:07
This would change very soon after that
His students were coming - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:12
His students were coming
If you were a student of Oppenheimer, that opened doors. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:05
If you were a student of Oppenheimer, that opened doors.
But in the Depression, his students were finding - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:13
But in the Depression, his students were finding
And they got to find out what it was like - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:09
And they got to find out what it was like
And as they were still in touch with Oppenheimer, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:07
And as they were still in touch with Oppenheimer,
And in the 1930s, with the rise of fascism in Europe, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:12
And in the 1930s, with the rise of fascism in Europe,
- And almost all of his ex-students - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:05
- And almost all of his ex-students
Now, this is in the 1930s, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:13
Now, this is in the 1930s,
The Communist Party was not something you kept quiet about. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:06
The Communist Party was not something you kept quiet about.
And Oppenheimer, it's debatable whether he ever joined - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:08
And Oppenheimer, it's debatable whether he ever joined
His brother Frank did, and his brother Frank had a card. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:06
His brother Frank did, and his brother Frank had a card.
He was a card-carrying member of the Communist Party. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:06
He was a card-carrying member of the Communist Party.
Nobody's ever produced a Communist Party card - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:08
Nobody's ever produced a Communist Party card