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Oppenheimer: The Real Story

And so Oppenheimer wentto stay with Fergusson, cementing their friendship, Fergusson...

[water rushing] And so Oppenheimer went
to stay with Fergusson, cementing their friendship, Fergusson would go on
to Harvard as well, but it gave Oppenheimer
a love of the Southwest and particularly of New Mexico

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And so Oppenheimer went to stay with Fergusson,
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cementing their friendship,
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Fergusson would go on to Harvard as well,
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but it gave Oppenheimer a love of the Southwest
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and particularly of New Mexico.
Duration
24 seconds
Views
279
Timestamp in Movie
00:11:00
Uploaded
Apr 13, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
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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.
- 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.
He fell in love with the desert, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:13
He fell in love with the desert,
- [Charles] That was this sort of adventurous spirit - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:09
- [Charles] That was this sort of adventurous spirit
- [Kai] Just the starkness of the geography, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:08
- [Kai] Just the starkness of the geography,
Started renting in 1929 - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:11
Started renting in 1929
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,