Oppenheimer - Destroyer of Worlds Documentary
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Now I HAVE become the destroyer of worlds, not AM become, stupid Oppenheimer 😑
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@@shaynewheeler9249😮😊ww
Consider this: the last American Civil War veteran died in the 1950s. In the span of a single lifetime, mankind went from single-shot rifles and cannons to the nuclear bomb. That is legit mind-blowing and terrifying.
Here’s another thought along the same lines. The first airplane flight took place on December 17th, 1903. The first human to walk on the moon happened on July 6th, 1969. A mere 66 years, hard to comprehend the jump in technological advancement
And today we talking biochemical warfare, nuclear war, and technology war tactics… from information to drones - with very little idea on how powerful these things really are.
We live in a Terrifying time good luck to all as a future unfolds
Yes, my grandmother’s generation! She was born in Poland in 1898 and passed in 2001, right after 9-11. That’s 103. She came on a ship with a paddle wheel and back up sails. They settled in New York and lived in a two room walk up. She saw the transition from horse to automobile, lived through two world wars, Korea, Vietnam, the Depression, saw the moon landings, the space shuttle, the internet, and 9-11. She was sharp until on September 22, she didn’t wake up. She slowly shut down over three hours and checked out.
How about a former slave living into the 1950s
My Father worked directly with Oppenheimer at the Manhattan Project. Spoke highly of him. I was born while my Dad was in Los Alamos.
So Ann, you are living in Los Angeles!
so what? you want a cookie or something?
@@monsterx3055 If it's true then it's an interesting fact. Why are you so condescending to a random person?
@@thebronywiking exactly.
Spoke highly of the devil that cursed this planet with WMDs.
This is a whole book, a biography in just an hour. Thank you, I'd never have read such a book.
It has now arrived in Hollywood in 2023!
*Complete failure!*
*Entertainment cannot come at the cost of hatered*
Scene with reading the Bagavat Gita in the middle of a sex scene is definitely a cheap tactics to spread hatred towards particular sect of humanity - Hinduism and Hindus.
The Gita is more of a philosophical text rather than a religious one but the intent of the maker seems religious. I don't have appreciation or review for any part of the movie be it acting, direction, cinematography, music etc as the intent is a failure.
The makers should be ashamed of themselves for their narrowness of their mind.
Learn how ever you can
@@sheebaradhakrishnangr🥰
@@lisajeter9511 Yuk. Nolan films suck.
I am very glad they mentioned Oppenheimer mostly achieved what he did with the collaboration of many other scientists. These collaborations are what made the Manhattan Project successful. Oppy was a good leader and a brilliant physicist but did not make the Manhattan Project successful on his own. Credit should be given to all those involved. A phenomenal/mind blowing accomplishment. Thank you.
Oppenheimer was in the right place at the right time and brought WWII to a successful close, saving hundreds of thousands of American military lives. He was a hero as far as I'm concerned!
Nothing heroic about atomic annihilation. I'm sure he regretted even taking part in making nuclear bombs. He knew that other countries would have that same power sooner or later.
I would pay close attention to what's going on with Ukraine. I fear nuclear war is a lot closer than you could imagine.
@@dapperden4129 yes how horrible. The Ukraine is still toxic from Chernobyl. That nuclear stuff is horrible. Those people are horrible for doing this.
@@dapperden4129 Oppenheimer was thinking only of the scientific breakthrough this would make. After Trinity, he realized the real potential of the bomb. THat’s when he took a step back and realized he had created something devastating. But the scientific achievement that project created is truly remarkable. It took 40yrs, but finally common sense prevailed and nuclear weapons have been cut way back. The world has grown up a lot since then. Give it some credit.
@@iclite3656 Get over yourself. The political and military climate at that time was completely different than it is today. Study up on what was actually going on after Germany surrendered in ‘45. Japan was willing so sacrifice it’s entire country before surrendering. That is madness. Truman had no choice. The past is a foreign country, they do things different there.
These youtube videos should be part of the history curriculum. A high quality of research and such a balanced narrative. I can’t commend it enough. A free and quality education on some of the most consequential individuals in human history. Thank you very much. When I am better off I will contribute. Until then I just give real thanks for a valuable education.
Come on! The government does not want the "plebs" to become educated! Because they will then be able to see the con job that they are foisting upon us all!
Books should be apart of the curriculum
@@Flawpeacock564 You could have both books and You-Tube videos!!!
As well as any docs about the Magna Carte
Or books
i just tried to watch another doc on oppenheimer & couldnt get past five minutes. this one I cant stop watching. great work
Glad you enjoyed it!
He was shortchanged and betrayed by his own country. The Nobel Prize should have been awarded to him. Ambitious men broke his trust.
HIS FIRST MISTAKE ( AND LAST ALSO ) WAS REQUIRING ANY SORT OF EXTERNAL VALIDATION : WHEN YOU ARE RIGHT , YOU ARE RIGHT . BUT I THINK IT GOT TO HIM , WHEN IT SHOULDNT HAVE , THAT LOWLY PEOPLE WANTED TO BRING HIM DOWN .... AFTER THE FACT . OTHERWISE HE WOULD STILL BE CHAIN - SMOKING AND WORKING ON ONE THING OR ANOTHER !!!! IF YOU GO BY WHAT ANYBODY ELSE THINKS , YOU WILL NOT MAKE IT TO WHERE YOU WANT TO GO ....🌅🌅
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How are you doing. Perfectly said👍well you bear same name with someone i used to know in the state,Where are you from?
@@RandyManfred manila
@@carolinetan6805 oh alright am from Orlando Florida but currently living in turkey for work.
He should have been awarded the Noble Prize and is absolutely correct about the monster we have unleashed against the world. Once or is destroyed there isn’t anymore of mankind!
Moved about too much and didn't stick with one topic. Really, by the time he had succeeded as an academic, he really wasn't a top theoretical physicist. He might have qualified for a Nobel Peace prize had his efforts to get the weapons into a global framework that prevented proliferation and their use actually succeeded. But he was too marginalized to have that sort of influence.
Nobel Prizes are not given for political views. Hold on, sorry now they are. Obama got one for ...nothing.
This was an excellent production! Kudos to everyone involved!
Thanks! -Max H, media sourcer :)
@@repentandbelieveinJesusChrist9 You are a little late to current World Events. It appears you did not get the memo? "Christianity" died in WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam (me U.S. Army 1969-1971), Gulf War I, 9/11, Iraq, Afghanistan, and now the Russian-Ukraine War under your fellow "Christian" Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All the Russians.
Study the strange still photograph in the long "Voice Over" on "Remote Control Missiles and the Atom Bomb" in the last two minutes of the Film "The Best Years of Our Lives" (1946) and figure out why it is there through the connection between 1930's Hollywood Actress Carol Lombard and William Wyler's Wife Margaret Tallichet.
Study the infamous "Call Back" letters-numbers correspondence values vs numbers on the lit board "Bingo Scene" in the VA Hospital in the Film "The Deer Hunter" (1978). Hint: the first value set you get will be "1859" but the call back is "BING" - not "BINGO" - so subtract the numerical value of "O" which is 15. 1859-15=1844. The other two years in the 19th Century you will get in the Scene are 1863 and 1892. Understand the profound Allegory of the Film in terms of Isaiah 25:6-7, Malachi 4:1, Daniel 12:1, and 2nd Peter 3:10.
Stop the one handed reading to your "Messiah" Donald Trump and have this all figured out by July of 2042. Try to keep up! Good luck!
This was a remarkably clear and valuable presentation. The movie about Oppenheimer, just released, conveys little information as well organised as this video does.
It was an army of the most brilliant scientist in the US, that worked in the Manhattan project i.e., Richard Feynman Nobel laurate and many other Nobel laurates. their combined brain power exceeded that of the atomic bomb.
It's because Hollywood is fake
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Glad to watch this documentary first. Going to see it this weekend
My father graduated from MIT at 19 years old and went to Oak Ridge, TN to work on enriching uranium. He was told: “If you think you know what we are doing here keep it to yourself or you will spend the rest of the War in a military prison.”
Daaaamn! 😮
i'd say cool. i'm not interested in working here anymore.
@@TheLinuxYes We are supposed to admire these gangsters.
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What did your dad say?
Impressive documentary. Definitely one of the most influential people in world history. Sounds like a tormented soul during his time on earth. Scientists are not responsible for decisions by politicians or military on the use of their discoveries.
Even though we live in fear of his invention, RIP Oppie…
He is the instrument by God to aware of people of mass destruction weapon to change the new generation of our dying planet
"Dad who ate the last pop tart"?
Narrator - "The man known to history..."
The danger inherent in all technology is that it's exponential nature far outpaces man's ability to maintain self control in the face of such power.
The Country asked him to do something, and he did it brilliantly and they repaid him for the tremendous job he did by breaking him. What a shame.
The actual American way😢
@@hoobyhoo If you think this is bad, look at the history of the Soviet Union and current Russia. Mere suspicion of disloyalty will get you executed or sent to work camps in Siberia, where thousands were killed. The American way, is actually relatively benign compared to the norms throughout history and other contemporary nations in these matters.
@@wyskass861 thank you for making my point. "Benign" is not accurate. I prefer "infantile". I am a proud American before you get salty. God bless
@@hoobyhoo I'm wondering if you could say that you are a proud American in the face of a 78 y.o. Japanese who lost every one of his family in the bombing of Hiroshima. We hope that one day you'll understand why Americans are despised by everyone in the entire world: because of total lack of humility.
@@PurreteHorrific as your loss is perhaps you should look to your own leaders who brought horror upon their people. None of this would have happened had Japan not been imperialist invaders.
In my opinion, Oppenheimer was 'bigger' than not being awarded a Nobel Prize; he wasn't just a mega-scientist, but he could work with others as a team-leader and sheer inspiration, which several Nobel recipients were not able to do. The things he suffered were from jealousy by powerful (politically motivated) people outside his expertise. i was a senior in high school when he passed, and he's person from history I wish I could have met.
The Nobel can be awarded to groups of people, like the Los Alamos team, not just an individual
36:30 "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds" : Yes, Oppenheimer said these words, but not directly after the test. He said in an interview (and there are several videos here which show that) that he thought of this verse seeing the results of the Trinity Test. There, in this very interview he quoted this verse.
I wasn't aware that the statement was said to have been made immediately following the first test. The interview of which you speak is what I was familiar with.
@@brianroyster7510 I believe it's portrayed that way in the movie. I haven't seen it yet, but I have seen ppl saying he says it at Trinity.
Thank you! I’d see the interview years ago and I thought I was going crazy
That confused me too. This video claims he ‘never said that’ - but I too have seen the video footage of him saying it.
@@eileendover3938 I don't know when that interview of JRO was filmed, I assumed late 50's early 60's, but he definitely quoted the Bhagavad Gita in reference to the Manhattan project.
"To end all wars" never happen war continues to this day.
"As long as there are those that remember what was, there will always be those that are unable to accept what can be.”
Charisma is really hard to capture in a photo or film clip, and that charisma was one of Oppie's greatest gifts. Have you ever been around such a person? It is quite an experience, like a warping of reality, and anything seems possible.
--O’ll rest my case (on this one!)
Did you work with him ? Know him ?
Prolific womanizer🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
@@alisyd5876 Such a gift comes with its burdens, I guess.
@shantishanti1949 Oppie? No, I just read the book. But I have met two Presidents and some titans of industry (tech). Steve Jobs was probably the best known for the "reality distortion field" in his presence. I never met Jobs, but I did a conference with Waz, and that was pretty cool. Gates, Allen, Cuban, Ellis, Walker...all nerds that instantly command a room, or a convention hall, wherever they go.
Julius Robert Oppenheimer stands among the great scientific minds of human history. Somewhat enigmatic, many have overlooked his contribution to the world. He certainly had the background and work needed to qualify for a Nobel Prize.
He and his family paid a heavy price at the end of his own family!
Absolutely 💯 💯 💯 💯
I wonder what would be your opinion about him if he was working for the Japanese and those bombs were dropped in Washington and Newyork instead.
@@mohammedfathi3592 It would have cost many young troops to invade Japan. He saved hundreds of thousands of troops. What else would you have Truman do? I disagree with some super powers
such as Israel it's unnecessary when they have so many countries backing them and not Palestine, the underdogs. New York was hit with a mass killing(9/11). Does that please you? Oppenheimer disagreed with the second bomb according to this documentary. He wanted Germany hit with the nuke,that wasn't his choice to make. The Japanese did start with Pearl Harbor, another mass killing. America must defend herself. Put 9/11 and PH together you have thousands dead. Thank God you're not president.
@@JeffBezos-pb1zv They wiped out hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians in the absolute worst way imaginable, don't you have a heart?
Mesmerizing tale. The sheer scale of the project, more than 100k people working, including the creamiest scientists of the day, at that time, reinforces the idea that mankind can solve problems of humanity today if sufficient focus is obtained. But also there were millions facing each other at the many battlefronts around to overcome each other by sacrificing their flesh.
I would say Robert Oppenheimer's role in leading the Manhattan Project is 1000 times more important than a Nobel Prize for Physics.
He changed the world! His reward the history books forever!
I'd disagree; without all people who contributed to it, many of them 1000 more able and gifted than he was there would have have been no atomic bomb, (and the Germans weren't actually that far off developing there own nuclear device independently anyway.)
The credit that he's always given is American chauvinism at it' worst, but it was better than giving to bunch prominently German and predominantly Jewish refugees who did the real work the credit they properly deserved.
Fortunately in terms of serious physics many of their names are rightly remembered because of their real and significant discoveries in physics and Oppenheimer is regarded as a bit of an, also ran.
@@Eris123451 Germany was light years away! Oppenheimer ran the show I think that’s good enough don’t you!
@@FernandoGon814
No I don't; he was a mediocre physicist and basically an overrated paper pusher.
I've always though and I still do that Oppenheimer's reputation has always been massively exaggerated and for the reasons I've just explained.
Fortunately the reputations of the people who did the real work have survived without being diminished or overshadowed by their association with him.
@@Eris123451Los Alamos was cat wrangling at the highest level. Keeping that bunch of divas from killing each other should have earned him the Peace Prize.
As a former engineer in the Atomic Energy Commission in the 1960s, I wholeheartedly concur that Robert Oppenheimer is one of the great physicists of the 20th century. Recognizing of course, that the century includes such greats as Einstein, Dirac, Maxwell, Heisenberg, Feynman and thus represent a high bars for his being the greatest in the century,
Love to hear a mention of the true discoverer of ‘atom splitting”
Sir Ernest Rutherford
I need to hear it from an American preferably someone with a sound knowledge of science!!!
@@repnzlci5pgm720 As a footnote to my earlier comment: I have a Masters degree in nuclear engineering and worked on advanced fuel systems for light water reactors for 6 years, and am an American.
@@repnzlci5pgm720 an oversight
Maxwell died in 1879, but your point is well taken. Oppie also was the first one to recognize that Dirac's second answer to his equation implied antimatter.
Having just seen the film I am pleased with this thorough, clear presentation of the man, the collaborative work, the times in which all occurred. I believe he deserved the Nobel Prize . Those in authority made the decision to utilize. A complex man
the amount of Oppenheimer content being produced now that he has his own movie makes me so happy. I just admire his strength and sober honesty about the existential threat he created. he knew what this weapon would mean for the future of humanity.
I hope we will not find out in the near future...😮
Oppenheimer was psychopath
When you go from killing people to all life for centuries in a targeted area.. it’s definitely a common sense kinda warning all the governments should have understood. Nobody wins on a dead earth.
Great time for this to drop before I go see the movie
With Christopher Nolan directing, you know it’s gonna be really good . I can’t wait .
@angusdog22 Can confirm it was very very good!
I'd like to suggest watching the documentary "Atomic Homefront" which illustrates the role St Louis played in enriching uranium and the mishandling of radioactive waste which affects residents to this day.
@ BlueJeanBaby wow I never heard about that
Yes , still high levels still at Hanford .
What a great man who contributed so much to history. Yes he most surely should have received a noble prize for his dedication to human kind. Great documentary, thoroughly enjoyed it.
One of many jewish monsters
A very good documentary and well versed narration.
With all the changing tides of the day, Oppenheimer seemed to have been fairly middle-road. He knew it had to be done before the Nazis got their hands on one and he knew he really didn't have any choice. To refuse his services during WWII would have been treasonable, and after the war ended he tried to educate on the awful significance of the bomb. As strange a man as he has been accused, this man is a true American hero. Brilliant and courageous.
Well said!
Very well said
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Of course, since he was brilliant, courageous and loved this country, he has to be cancelled.
Mmmm. Sounds familiar, ain't it?!🤣🤣🤣🤣😑😑😑🤬🤬😤
@cynthiagonzalez658 yes.. Tesla
I can imagine how frustrating it was to watch President Roosevelt's and USA's slowness in grasping what was happening in Europe and Asia; and their apathy towards the plight of the global world. Pearl Harbour's bombing was the impetus that radically awakened them. Thank you for this doco....very educative
I listened to George Galloways uptake on Oppenheimers film,and how he mentioned it a must to go and see,this documentary has made up for not getting to see the film,well explained and documented,and yes I do believe he should have had more recognition,such as a Noble Prize.
An impressive bio. I enjoyed this unique slice of this man and the times in which he lived.
Not really impressive Oppenheimer was a but of a publicity stunt
I question his interest in Communist. Why? He didn't know Stalin was as much a maniatical murderer as Hitler?
He didn't go along with the H Bomb development. He said the A bomb was destructive enough. The military industrial didn't like that attitude. This is according to Kai Bird's very good autobiography of Robert Oppenheimer, American Prometheus.
The set him up…he seen it coming but couldn’t stop it. America wanted power so bad
… and soon enough after America’s H-bomb, Sakharov and friends had independently developed one as well. If the Soviets had won that particular tech race too, it would have been much more strategically significant than their lead in the early space race.
Somehow I never got the feeling, having grown up in the shadow of the A and H bombs, Oppie was all that concerned really to a) openly denounce the entire project enough to completely walk away putting off development a good 10 years, maybe, b) name the names of those pushing and paying for this hideous Frankenstein's monster even Hitler, the perpetual bad guy, banned development, c) condemn the entire war as being Jewish which it and its predecessor and the Napoleonic wars were as well.
A bit of a modified statement would be; He gave the “big boys” another toy to play with. Higher understandings first use is mainly a weapon. Humans haven’t changed. (Einstein)
He deserves all the awards that the world can award him, however it's vital to compile and publish Oppenheimer's unpublished works for future projects.
It's unfortunate the US ostracized him after all he's done for this country. Goes to show how ungrateful mainstream media and politics can bring a good man down.
Thank you for such a kind and thoughtful presentation of a man most of us didn't really know. You presented the story in such an interesting way without the usual raucous talk from many presenters. Of course he should have received the Nobel prize; it's wonderful to develop something alone, but to develop something with a team of people who often many have differing views is far more difficult and possibly more important. Thank you so much for your care and attention and what I might call "fair play."
It should be obvious to all by now that politicians are the real menace.
A wonderful example of “can it be done” versus “should it be done”. And to this day, there is no good answer. The death of innocents is always a tragedy, however the presence of this weapon has averted many more atrocities.
If you're looking for a villain in the use of atomic bombs, look no further than the government of Japan. They were given the chance to surrender prior to the use of the atomic bombs and didn't value the lives of their own citizens - even after the equally destructive bombing of Toyko on March 9, 1949.
@@buckhorncortez to be fair, no nation would've taken the U.S. seriously prior to the bomb being dropped if they were told they had one. After the first bomb, Japan thought that was the only one and there was absolutely no way there were more bombs. Then the second bomb fell and Japan was told there was another and they believed the U.S. Now even if Japan knew about the bomb for a fact, I personally believe the first bomb still would've been dropped.
As if Hiroshima and Nagasaki were the death of innocence that WW2 provided.
Dachau ring a bell? Balalae?
Hell, even for WW2 bombing destruction the atomic bombs were small potatoes other than the device being novel....
You have answered your own question. Knowing it could be done means it should be done, by you, before anyone else. It's the equivalent to "Who draws their pistol first commands the outcome."
@@gorflunk Exactly. Debate the follies your "side" may have made in the atomic age, but it's still way better than relying on the wisdom of others
Notwithstanding the tragic loss of life caused by the weapon he helped to build, it can be said he excelled in what he was called to do.
Presumably, without the atomic bomb, the USAF could have continuously dropped conventional bombs all over Japan daily, while the US Navy blockaded the Japanese islands and starved the population into submission. Either way, lots of Japanese citizens would have died to get the surrender.
@@cyclnvancouver8060 exactly. That is often overlooked by most people too.
Just glad the Americans got the bomb before Hitler or Japan, that would have been terrifying. Also those soldiers fighting in the Pacific were spared an invasion of Japan.
@@Viktors633 Neither Germany nor Japan were ever going to get the bomb.
Using the bomb on Japan spared US soldiers from invading the islands. I quite support that use.
But, as I said above, the US had a number of ways of inflicting significant pain and suffering on Japan and its people and all that would have resulted in lots of death and destruction until Japan surrendered.
@@cyclnvancouver8060 To be fair though, the allies only discovered near the end of the war that Germany or Japan were not even close to inventing the bomb. This certainly was a spur to the Americans at the time to win a race for survival as they saw it. Guy had a brilliant mind.
NOBEL PRIZE YES. His ideas were a catalyst and spring board for many Nobel prize awards that should rightly have been jointly awarded. His contribution to the advancement of theoretical physics lives on whether recognized or not by the Nobel institution.
I agree that he should have been awarded a Nobel Prize. The fact he was chosen to oversee the program speaks volumes for his credibility
Saw the movie 2 days ago. My take on it was that Robert knew how terrifying the bomb was and he had to deal with the potential risks creating this would being to human kind. He had honor and ethics. He understood why it needed to be built and used but still was very very concerned which is why he did not want to also to also make the hydrogen bomb. He was voted out of having any input or authority moving forward AFTER creating the Atomic bomb. He had ethics on how these were to be used and what could be done with them. To me they did not want a man with morals and ethics on the team.
Oppy was one of the top half-dozen or so of the top scientists in the Manhattan Engineer District who signed a letter on June 15, 1945 who recommended the use of the A-bomb on Japan. Even he recognized the need of this weapon to save millions of lives (on both sides) that would've resulted from a US land invasion of Japan. The Bomb also helped speed up Japan's unconditional surrender to America, as opposed to letting the Russians move into the North, creating a divided country, similar to Korea.
Incidentally, a significant bit of trivia: a 70-yr delta from that date of that letter, to June 15, 2015, is when a Mr. DJT came down the golden escalator!!
@@hyliedoobius5114 yes I agree wholeheartedly that the bomb needed to be used. Japan would never have given up and millions of lives would have been lost.
I’m not sure I could say who was the most prominent scientist. Certainly Oppenheimer distinguished himself among a fabulous team of peers. As for the Nobel prize, it is my understanding that the language is seeking one whose individual academic accomplishments stand well above all others for the year in question. However, it is sad there is not an illustrious award, such as the Nobel, for one who successfully organize and manages a group of men, and egos, who are so accomplished. To mold and shape them requires a talent and certainly team respect. Such respect is earned. In this case in the lab.
Building a scellator for fusion power is the next undertaking!
True, but lets bear in mind; scientists theorising phenomenons, although the invasion and creativity goes to those who make it practically to happen - the engineers.
He was a scientist and not an engineer, but run a good team of very capable people.
He did more like a chief design kind of job. He could probably obtain a title for one of the best developer project award in the world.
@@simongodfrey866 I'm a biased engineer as well, 😉, and that's absolutely true, but I'll admit it's a marriage and partnership that couldn't have succeeded without the other. I think many don't get the recognition deserved because the spotlight is only so big, but I'm glad documentaries like this point out how many minds went into unlocking the Atom (and all modern scientific knowledge really) and I hope no one is idolized over another, not even Einstein and Oppenheimer.
@@dp5475 I am totally agreed with you.
The best documentary channel well made in full detail. Just on time 👍🏼 enjoying it very much
I was 18 years old in 1945, , in the Navy on my way back to base when the train stopped and I saw the newspaper saying the US had dropped an "atomic bomb" on Japan. Having just finished my freshman year in chemistry, my first thought was "hmmpf, they don't know what they are talking about." Oh such arrogance an naivete. I will forever be thankful and in awe of Oppenheimer and his colleagues for ending WWII. Ironically, as an aeronautical engineer, I then worked 25 year for Boeing helping build systems to deliver these terrible weapons. But it was the Cold War, and I make no apology. This is an excellent video, interesting, accurate and educational
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Good job! Both with your "arrogant naivete," the recognition of it, and your contributions to the Cold War! (We won it!) UCB Physics 1990.
Very timely documentary to mark the 80th anniversary of the events that brought about not just the development of the Atom bomb, but the dramatic changes in the life of this remarkable scientist that died a broken man at 62, having ushered in this new era in human history...The world has lived both in the shadow and under the threat of, nuclear annihilation ever since...Indeed, when that era eventually ends, there will be no one left to record, analyse or even document it...and there will be no one left to blame...
You mean the movie? 😂
@@LiquidfirePUA...I wish I did mean just the movie ...The Manhattan Project lasted 5 years, officially from June '42 to August '47...We are well within the time frame of that 80th anniversary, as is the latest movie, the events it depicts, the development of the bomb, dropping it, and it's aftermath...As for the Nuclear Era we are all still living in...this is a work in progress with a still very unpredictable ending...💥
@@alexanderkarayannis6425And it must be clear, that Hitler was working on the same technology, as reported to the US by Albert Einstein. Had he succeeded, God only knows what life would be like today throughout the entire world.
Yes, the assignment of blame is the American way. I found your comment intriguing.
Not so.much blame as fact of cause and effect. Responsibility
This is a valuable and great summary of the physicist and I applaud the team for this great effort!
I learned so much from this documentary. Thank you.
Oppenheimer was without doubt one of the smartest of all the lot of physicists. He could look at a blackboard for 30 seconds and find the source of a fellow scientist's frustration, and correct it in seconds. His ability to grasp the implications of phenomena was amazing. If he did receive a Nobel, it would have to be for a non-traditional category. His impact and contribution across many fields was unmatched, and his ability to make the Los Alamos lab work with so many disparate personalities is under-appreciated. He was a very complex man and one of the most brilliant.
A clearly objective and excellent documentary. Thank you.
1. Hitler didn't commit suicide.
2. Japan was prepared to surrender.
Very well done and a timely commentary paired with the new movie...thank you!
This is something everyone should see. I was totally engrossed and captivated. History brought to life by the very people that were involved. Thank you NBC archives.
This is an outstanding video in both the way it was put together and content. Thank you so much for posting it.
The film explores Oppenheimer's life and work, from his early days as a brilliant student to his role in the development of the atomic bomb. It also examines his complex legacy, as a scientist who helped to create a weapon of mass destruction but who also came to regret its use.
The film features interviews with historians, scientists, and Oppenheimer's friends and colleagues. It also includes archival footage of Oppenheimer himself.
Brilliant man and scholar... He should've been acknowledged more by the country he had served.
You left out mass murderer.😏
@@MrBhart2408 So maybe 100,000 to 200,000 Americans dead would have been better? maybe 1 or2 million Japs dead? You do the math!
This is a man who served the United States with honor and distinction and it wasn't until after he died, that his tarnished name was given a reprieve. He deserves a statue. Great movie!! A definite gem!
Bravo! A mass murderer deserves a statue? This world must go to hell and I am glad it will
Well said!!! They disrespected him to the highest level.
He Served the United State doing Evil to other people, that’s not how humanity should work , you’re an evil human being
Many American lives were saved.
Bwwahaha! He only made our lives more fearful. Oppie deserves to have his name next to other infamous mass murders as Trotsky, Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Churchill, Rothschild, Rockefeller, Eisenhower, LeMay, Truman, FDR, the Crown.
I love this channel, wonderful bios, this one is terrific, although I have a soft spot for pre-1900’s stories illustrated by the wonderful narrative oil paintings of the time. Artists don’t paint history anymore now that we have film, but somehow something is lost in the storytelling. Your bios of Peter the Great and Catherine the Great are incredible! First class art, beautifully photographed.
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The way technology has quickly advanced makes you realize how destructive a World War 3 would be…it’s terrifying to think about.
no one is gonna fire off a nuke. mutual destruction. most people want to life, want their family to live, want their country to not be taken off the face of the earth.
We are in the beginning stages of world war 3. Give it some time, the war is going to spread outside of Ukraine.
Some men regret for what they should've done.
Some men reget the things they done.
I sometimes regret I was even born, and if that had been the case, I would not have been able to regret the things I did not do, as well as the things I did!😊
But the most intelligent men don't waste their time in REGRET , but move into the future , even if it does NOT INCLUDE THEM ... 🌅🌅
And some men/women say things only a bot would.
Wonderful program! He deserved the Nobel!!!!
Perfectly said 👍. Hello there how are you doing
9 kilometres seems awfully close to witness the explosion of an atomic bomb, especially a first trial when no one knew what exactly was going to happen.
Terrific! I'm glad they now have made a movie about "Oppenheimer" and the public can learn more about one of the most important heroes of WWII. He and the scientists as Los Alamos who developed the "A" Bomb, and Col. Paul Tibbets, and the 509th Composite Bombing Group the delivered both bombs... SAVED a million U.S. and Allied forces lives and unknown Japanese lives, that would have been lost if a "land invasion" of Japan had to have been conducted to end WWII in the Pacific. This video is a very good one on the topic of "Oppenheimer" and the "A" Bomb.
Little known fact: during the Manhattan Project, most of the people "in the know" believed they were building a bomb to drop on Berlin. Since the war was won in Europe was won by ground forces before the bombs were ready, they simply shifted the targets to two Japanese cities that hadn't been bombed too bad yet. The reason they didn't drop one in Tokyo was because it was mostly already destroyed. Hiroshima and Nagasaki were considered the "least bombed" cities in mainland Japan.... so they obliterated them. How's that for fate?
They deserved everything they got for being barbaric conquerors with no common logic whatsoever (as in kamakazis) - THANK GOD! We settled them down or we'd all be speaking Japanese right now!!..! NO THANK YOU!!
Good Point. Berlin escaped narrowly but I agree that Allies should have given more time to Japan to surrender instead of dropping the second Nuke on Nagasaki. MacArthur wanted to use Nukes in Korea war against China/Russia as they were not nuclear powers at that time and the North/South Korea stalemate continues to this day.
Nice piece! He should've received a Nobel Prize.
Absolutely a Nobel Prize must be given posthumously to Mr. OP.
The dead don’t care about awards
@@jacobjorgenson9285 …and me the living cares…that he gets the award..
Thank you for your work
A superb production. Kudos!
My only [minor] quibble is that it could easily have been two full hours in length.
Excellent analysis of the life history of Oppenheimer with a broad contextual understanding of American politics of atom bomb making. This documentary in some respects outweighs the Nolan filmic representation of the great scientist.
“I am time, the source of death and destroyer of worlds”. Basically Krishna is telling Arjuna, whether you participate in this war or not, as time I eventually will take the lives of warriors.
Now that the MOVIE is out on "Oppenheimer", perhaps the movie can start for him to get a "Lifetime Achievement" award in the Physical Sciences (crossing both Chemistry and Physics!). It would be a "consolation prize" to someone who only "orchestrated" the minds during the "Manhattan Project" that all post-1945 Physics is based from!
The ability of humans to advance technology at an ever increasing rate is very refreshing to me. Technology is the only way we have the chance to overcome pollution, increase food production and energy on the scale that is required for the increasing billions of humans to thrive.
We are on the verge of breakthroughs that will finally put petroleum based energy into the distant past.
My dad awaited orders to invade Japan as a Sgt. in the Army Air Corps. on the island of Saipan in 1945. Without ambiguity, I regard General Groves and Robert Oppenheimer as both national and personal heroes, in spite of their flaws. Thanks guys!
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Where does President Truman fit into your shallow historical analysis, Popeye?
Right. Truman ordered the bomb's use, not Groves, not Oppenheimer.......
@@Rykiz_Vidz Who told you all the WWII vets are dead? Thats completely inaccurate. The last WWI veteran died barely 11 years ago. There are thousands of WWII vets still alive.
@@Rykiz_Vidz hahaha that's hilarious dude, I'm in my 60s and my Dad was in the Korean War
And Oppenheimer later regretted creating the bomb.
An award - an Oppeheimer Award should be named after him. He is far greater than Nobel.
Mr Oppenheimer's work with the Manhatten Project team was certainly pivotal to its achievement. All of the team did something truly staggering. Though, I have often wondered why Mr Oppenheimer spent much time reading ancient Hindu texts. Some buried pearl of wisdom? I am not an ancient astronaut theorist, but Mr Oppenheimer was a well educated man, not of the Hindu religion, I believe. The quote " Destroyer of Worlds" does come from these texts. What ever the case, I expect this will be a contriversial matter for many decades to come.
Yoga is a science. Read about all their discoveries. Spirituality, meditation, third eye. Extensive knowledge. Read Autobiography of a Yogi. Steve Jobs influenced by it.
He was also enthusiastically backing the 'gun designs', while it was the implosion devices that worked. Teller also was a flop with his a-bomb designs, only later succeeding at the h-bomb.
arthur w ryder taught him in 1933
It is endlessly interesting to ponder: What would the world look like today if these weapons hadn’t been invented and utilized when and how they were?
Thanks for this fascinating, free doc
Atomic energy wasn't invented, it was discovered.
INTERESTING IS A FUKKKKK WORD
A superb presentation of a talented but complicated man - thank you very much.
Perfectly said👍. Hey how are you doing
By the sound of it, Oppenheimer was the 'glue' that held these projects together. The corrosive political attitude against him after the nuclear 'success' obviously tainted the important contribution he would have had in limiting, controlling, or even eliminating the proliferation of bombs. We'll never know , had come up with non-war related ideas for the use of the energy wasted on the death experiments, we'll never know how the world would have used this energy for the benefit - and not the death - of mankind. Such is life.
ALAN TURING , WITH HIS COMPUTER - LIKE BRAIN , , BROKE THE CODE FOR THE GERMAN ENIGMA MACHINE !!!!! AND AFTER THE WAR WAS OVER AND ENDED AND WON was disgraced and shunned for being a homosexual : ABSOLUTELY DISGRACEFUL !!!!! and I am a HOMOPHOBE !!!!!🌅🌅🌅
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Based purely off of the fact that they were involved in such things as mineralogy etc at such young ages, only shows the oppulant upbringing he and his brothers enjoyed.
No young man from the poor neighborhoods in queens and the bronx would ever have had an opportunity to study mineralogy
So?
“The atomic bomb made the prospect of future wars unendurable. It has led us up those last few steps to the mountain pass; and beyond there is a different country”
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Fusion Power at scale revolution. The fun has only begun !
Bullshit! Spit out the truth OP its about time!
God sent and gave a phenomenal gift to one of the greatest. He should have won the Nobel Peace Prize because being the leader of the Manhattan Project, which would save millions of lives. He certainly didn't get the respect and recognition he deserved.
Very good documentary. Thank you.
I just discovered this channel, amazing work here, subbed right away. Thank you
It's very sad that human knowledge seems to advance the most through finding more efficient ways to kill our fellow man.
anatomy of human destructiveness ERIC FROMM
As a movie film director who accomplishes a great motion picture is awardeed an Academy Award for a work of art, Robert Oppenheimer should have been awardeda Nobel Prize for beimng the Director of The Mnahattan Project. A movie film director is not responsible for each technical/artistic contrubition to their film, but is still credited as a "director". Robert Oppenheimer's peopel skills and his acedemic knowledge placed him the the most critical position to figure out how we could develop such a weapon.
Excellent documentary! Very informative and timely with the movie now in theatres.
Hello how are you doing. Perfectly said👍well you bear same name with someone i used to know in the state..
He was the atomic bomb. Without Oppenheimer, there would be no atom bombs to make Japan surrender. He had personally assembled a team and knew the talent when he was selecting his physicists.
He was the glue that brought it all together, coordinating everything. That is a remarkable man... and also being a philosopher, he knew how to weigh the evil with the good. Mostly why he was not thrilled after the fat man had been used only 3 days later, stating "they had not had enough time to realize the entirety of the devastation, so they did nit have time to surrender before the government said, ok, hit them again...
I never knew he had said this, but it shows a greater insight into a man who truly had no Malicious intent.
If anyone deserves still, and deserved then, the Nobel award, Oppenheimer does and did.
Anyone else in history could not have pulled all of this together and made it work in the time he did.
Now, we live in a world where he opened pandoras box, but he could never close it again...
His brilliance to assemble the best, and bring the best out of scientist is self evident. Yes, Fermi was brilliant, and all of the others brilliant... but Oppenheimer could see it, and see all of them and their collaboration to bring a theory to life...
We need men like him in this world now so desperately...
The British worked on building a nuclear weapon first, giving all that information to the Usa. Britain also worked with America on the Manhattan project. The U.S then decided to push out outside help & claimed it was all an American project. All that help of course is mainly ignored. Similar to America putting a man on the moon, forgetting a British inventors invention that actually did. The power cell battery. At least president Nixon admitted that one. That being said (about Britain's help with nuclear bomb research) also unfortunately gives some blame for that pandora's box being opened.
Japan's surrender was inevitable. US troops are advancing in the south, and russians are coming in from the north. With or without the atomic bomb, the war was lost for them already. US decided to drop the bombs just so Russians cannot take the credit for ending the war, and because they already had them so might as well see them go off.
Were the bombs neccessary? No.
Did they save thousands of allied troops lives? yes.
Did they take thousands of innocent Japanese lives including women and children? Yes.
Very, very well said.
@JS-yx4pr
An invasion of the Japanese mainland would've cost a million plus lives, so yes dropping the bombs were nessicery.
@@dougfrench8231 a million plus? where did you get that number?
and the question is was it necessary for Japan's surrender. No. They would have surrendered eventually. Keep in mind, killing civilians especially women and children is considered a war crime. (except if you win. Whoever wins a war claims justice)
Thank you for these videos. Very well done.
Three corrections:
1. The Gadget was detonated at 5:29:45am
2. Hitler escaped to South America, confirmed through multiple sources including the FBI, and lived until about 1962
3. The Japanese were in several negotiations for months re surrender.
I very much appreciate your well- researched documentary. The recently released movie entitled Oppenheimer has peaked my interest in this man. Many of the scenes in the movie center on a man named Strauss played by Robert Downey Jr. It appears he’s largely fictitious. Your documentary does a superb job of explaining the science of quantum physics; the movie could not meet that challenge. Instead it focused on the man’s eccentricities and the atmosphere of paranoia about Communism. Thank you for shedding light on this wonderful but imperfect human being. 59:02
Lewis Strauss is a historical figure and his portrayal in Oppenheimer seems to be pretty fact based.
I have a question, after watching this documentary do you recommend watching the movie Oppenheimer, I heard it was kinda boring and I would like your opinion? Thanks.
@@darrenliske2022 You should watch it if you like Nolan's movies or biopics in general. It's a great movie and very true to the source material. But if you want to learn more about Oppenheimer, you won't find much new there.
piqued not peaked
Stauss is real and JFK did vote against him, as stated in the film.
Trying to imagine what the bomb would do before they’d seen it-that’s something I’d never considered.
5:24 for culture trivia buffs: Max Born, Olivia Newton-John's grandfather. Various talents ran through the family - looks AND brains!😏
I'm autistic. When Oppenheimer's proclivities and behaviors were explained at the beginning of the documentary I realized he must have been autistic. I spent years researching the results of studies about autism, and listened to many speeches and lectures about the topic. I am certain that he was autistic.
I feel the same way (also Autistic). You seem to kind of have to be to come to such extraordinary and groundbreaking conclusions and actually understand them.
Ah so autistic equals genius.
A lot of the genius-level scientists seem to have signs of autism.
Well done, documentary.
Rest in peace, Oppenheimer.
intelligence seems a blessing and a curse for humanity and seems to utterly detached from common sense.
Oppenheimer didn’t build the atomic bomb on his own he had a lot of help, support, and encouragement of others to build it
He’s the headmaster of the projets just like Steve in for Apple
I don’t believe anyone has claimed that he built it alone, have they? It clearly said there were 5000 employees with him at Los Alamos! He was probably one of the smartest people involved with building it though. I know a woman who was involved with building the cage that carried the Bombs to Japan. That alone made her feel so guilty, she spoke very little about it.
Like all Jews they steal others ideas and inventions
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Guilty for what? Helping end WW2, the greatest man made catastrophe in history?
He was the right man at the right time for the job. He understood the problem, as he, himself, was a physicist. He knew the correct people to place in the correct positions. He oversaw the entire project. Without his expertise and determination, the project would not have been completed in time to save millions of lives, a great many of which were American soldiers.
There should be an Oppenheimer Award, for polymaths whose influence touches on more than one field and whose body of work has a significant impact in at least one of them. Or is that an award only he would earn?
Excellent idea.😀😄
Excellent documentary. He deserved a Nobel Prize.
Oppenheimer saved my life.
My father fought the Battle of Norfolk in 1945 instead of taking part in the invasion of Japan.
Just out of curiosity which branch was your father in? Norfolk took place long before the planned invasion of Japan. If not for the bomb most soilders in the European front would have been apart of Japan
Thank the American pilots that carpet bombed Japan.... Oppenheimer was a fake that stole the show
The Battle of Norfolk was in Iraq....what am I missing here?
@@pulltprobably a troll? 😅
My dad was in the US North West and plans were being prepared to invade Japan.
But President Truman made good on his promise to Japan of what was going to rain down on them if they did not surrender.
Twice.
And my dad was sent to Germany as part of the U.S. occupation.
That’s why I’m here.
I’m grateful for the decision to stop the deaths of the American and Japanese military in many more battles.
My dad was a Marine on Okinawa when the US dropped the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He had survived Peleliu and Okinawa. I assure you he and his fellow Marines weren’t agonizing over the ethical questions regarding the use of the A-Bombs. Excellent documentary, thank you very much!
Saved there lives
Yeah because killing everything in a city is bad only if you are the enemy, right?
@@simoklownz2267Woe to the vanquished!!
My grandfather was serving on Tinian when the bombs were loaded. I have lived in all parts of New Mexico during my life. This part of history is personal in my family, as well. He was undoubtedly, a genius. And a very sympathetic character.
@@simoklownz2267 how are they more saveable than others who were killed in WWII? there are some people in power who doesn't understand any negotiations. like Putler... only overpowering them makes them quit murder for no reason. you have to inprison or kill serial killers, there is no other way.
Nicely done. He definitely should have been awarded the Nobel Prize. Such a brilliant mind!
The Nobel Prizes, like much of science in general these days, are largely driven by politics. It goes without saying that the shine has consequently worn off them. No matter how much has been done to rehabilitate Oppenheimer-which itself is principally due to his left-leaning politics, not his science-the Nobel committees were never going to give an award to the man known to history as “the father of the atomic bomb.”
Well said. Hopefully the same for "the father of the vaccine." It's good to know there are others who see the racket of legitimizing their hideous creations by lavishing upon themselves grand awards via gala events. The Crown knights those who have done the absolutely worst crimes to children mostly like Savile and Blair who instigated the Iraq war which mass murdered well over a million Iraqis. Blair is now a knight of the Crown. Mind boggling the masses just are not up to speed on who these people are who lord over us all, telling us what we can or cannot do while they live far above any and all laws, ensuring their freedom by BUYING everyone off who could have taken them to task.
I still think it's interesting that Nobel invented dynamite.