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Oppenheimer: The Real Story

When Oppenheimerwas growing up, more or less his onlymodels were his parents

When Oppenheimer
was growing up, more or less his only
models were his parents

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- When Oppenheimer was growing up,
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more or less his only models were his parents.
Duration
9 seconds
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101
Timestamp in Movie
00:03:20
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.
He was brought up in isolation until he went to school, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:09
He was brought up in isolation until he went to school,
And anything Oppenheimer showed an interest in, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:09
And anything Oppenheimer showed an interest in,
If he showed any interest in painting, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:08
If he showed any interest in painting,
One thing he showed a very keen interest in was geology - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:11
One thing he showed a very keen interest in was geology
He actually did, at the age of 13, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:14
He actually did, at the age of 13,
So what was life like? - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:05
So what was life like?
It was very privileged but very intense, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:13
It was very privileged but very intense,
His mother had a withered hand - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:12
His mother had a withered hand
And the general emotional atmosphere - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:10
And the general emotional atmosphere
[cheerful piano music] - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:05
[cheerful piano music]
[cheerful piano music continues] - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:06
[cheerful piano music continues]
He was, you know, surrounded by culture and art. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:07
He was, you know, surrounded by culture and art.
His mother was an artist and a collector of modern art, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:10
His mother was an artist and a collector of modern art,
He once said that his life as a child - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:10
He once said that his life as a child
You know, he was a very sheltered privileged young man. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:07
You know, he was a very sheltered privileged young man.
- His fellow schoolmates, one of them remembers him saying, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:20
- His fellow schoolmates, one of them remembers him saying,
- The Ethical Culture School was Jewish but not Jewish. - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:07
- The Ethical Culture School was Jewish but not Jewish.
It came out of Judaism, founded by a Reform rabbi, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:09
It came out of Judaism, founded by a Reform rabbi,
- Although he was finally with other children his age, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:09
- Although he was finally with other children his age,
And until Francis Fergusson arrived, - Oppenheimer: The Real Story 00:28
And until Francis Fergusson arrived,