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To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb

And virtually nobody expectedOppenheimer to be named the director ofthe weapons design...

And virtually nobody expected
Oppenheimer to be named the director of
the weapons design laboratory

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And virtually nobody expected Oppenheimer to be named
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the director of the weapons design laboratory.
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00:07:34
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Apr 13, 2025
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Exploring how one man's brilliance, hubris and relentless drive changed the nature of war forever.
He had no record of having big achievements. - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:05
He had no record of having big achievements.
One of the scientists who knew Oppenheimer said, - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:16
One of the scientists who knew Oppenheimer said,
He said at one point, "From my earliest days, - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:16
He said at one point, "From my earliest days,
JENNET CONANT: Oppenheimer was born in 1904 - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:09
JENNET CONANT: Oppenheimer was born in 1904
The first two decades of the 20th century - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:09
The first two decades of the 20th century
Electricity, automobiles, flight - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:09
Electricity, automobiles, flight
And then you had incredible advances in science, - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:10
And then you had incredible advances in science,
DAVID EISENBACH: Story of Robert Oppenheimer - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:06
DAVID EISENBACH: Story of Robert Oppenheimer
His father comes over from Germany, - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:16
His father comes over from Germany,
And he's got a Picasso, and he's got three van Goghs. - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:07
And he's got a Picasso, and he's got three van Gog...
HERKEN: His mother was a Paris-trained artist - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:07
HERKEN: His mother was a Paris-trained artist
She really didn't let this little boy go outside. - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:07
She really didn't let this little boy go outside.
BIRD: And he was very sheltered - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:07
BIRD: And he was very sheltered
RHODES: When he finally went to camp one summer, he was so nasty - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:10
RHODES: When he finally went to camp one summer, he was so n...
He said later they put him in the icehouse all night naked - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:13
He said later they put him in the icehouse all night naked
Oddly enough, Oppenheimer didn't protest. - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:05
Oddly enough, Oppenheimer didn't protest.
He just took his punishment stoically. - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:06
He just took his punishment stoically.
It was a very odd reaction - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:07
It was a very odd reaction
RHODES: Imagine this sensitive boy, this very smart boy, - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:10
RHODES: Imagine this sensitive boy, this very smart boy,
ALEX WELLERSTEIN: The real core psychological moment - To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb 00:08
ALEX WELLERSTEIN: The real core psychological moment