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Jon else Robert Oppenheimer was the father of the atomic bomb. He was this complex ball of contradictions. Oppenheimer they are weapons of aggression, of surprise and of terror. Richard rhodes oppenheimer wanted the bomb to be used. How else would the world know what it was . Eleanor roosevelt dr. Oppenheimer, are we creating something we may not be able to control . Oppenheimer in a world of atomic weapons, wars will cease. ticking Newsreel Narrator it is dminus one for the test of the worlds first atomic device. Else this cultured, nonviolent man was responsible for birthing the most violent...

-♪ -(clock ticking) jon else: robert oppenheimer was the father of the atomic bomb. he was this complex ball of contradictions. oppenheimer: they are weapons of aggression, of surprise and of terror. richard rhodes: oppenheimer wanted the bomb to be used. how else would the world know what it was? eleanor roosevelt: dr. oppenheimer, are we creating something we may not be able to control? oppenheimer: in a world of atomic weapons, wars will cease. (ticking) newsreel narrator: it is d-minus one for the test of the world's first atomic device. else: this cultured, nonviolent man was ...

In germany at the time-- heisenberg, who, ironically enough, would lead the german atomic bomb project. wellerstein: and while he's over there, he sort of invents this oppie personality. this is where he gets the name. they call him opje, and this turns into oppie. and oppie is not an insecure young american who doesn't really know what he wants to do. oppie is the brilliant guy who is always five steps ahead of everybody else and can keep everything in his head. oppie is a genius who's very eccentric and interesting and strikes a really dashing figure and is chain-smoking. and you see these p...

And suddenly, he was an incompetent. and he just couldn't deal with that at that point. and what snapped him out of tha was his discovery of theoretica physics, of quantum physics. at the time, it was sort of the golden age of physics. it's a very exciting time to be a theorist. and if you are young and quick and willing to think weird ideas that nobody else has ever thought, you can potentially make a huge amount of progress and a name for yourself. bird: so, when oppenheimer decided to move to göttingen in germany to study with max born, a theoretical physicist, he blossomed. he meets some ...

Heisenberg, who, ironically enough, would lead the german atomic bomb project. wellerstein: and while he's over there, he sort of invents this oppie personality. this is where he gets the name. they call him opje, and this turns into oppie. and oppie is not an insecure young american who doesn't really know what he wants to do. oppie is the brilliant guy who is always five steps ahead of everybody else and can keep everything in his head. oppie is a genius who's very eccentric and interesting and strikes a really dashing figure and is chain-smoking. and you see these pictures of him from the '...