But never embraced the quantum world it revealed. "God doesn't play dice." Precisely. You never thought of studying physics formally, Mr. Strauss? Well, I had offers, but I chose to sell shoes. Lewis Strauss was once a lowly shoe salesman.
Oppenheimer
3.3s
(intense classical music continues)
Oppenheimer
12.1s
But later? Well, we all know what happened later. ROBB: Doctor, your, uh... your time in Europe, you seemed to meet with a wide range of other countries' physicists. Yes, that's right. Any Russians?
Oppenheimer
2.9s
- I'd love to introduce you. - No need.
Oppenheimer
4.4s
What was that? What did you say to him?
Oppenheimer
19.6s
(soft music continues) Albert. (pensive music playing)
Oppenheimer
2.8s
(muffled distant rumbling)
Oppenheimer
2.9s
ROGER ROBB: Why did you leave the United States?
Oppenheimer
1.8s
(clamoring)
Oppenheimer
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I, uh... I wanted to study the new physics. GRAY: Was there nowhere here? I thought Berkeley had the leading theoretical physics department. Yes. Once I built it. But first I had to go to Europe. I went to Cambridge to study under Patrick Blackett. Were you happier there than in America? - Happier? - Yes. (unsettling music playing)
Oppenheimer
4.2s
SENATE AIDE: How long did he testify? Honestly, I forget.
Oppenheimer
2.2s
(gripping music playing)
Oppenheimer
5.7s
Even though you brought quantum physics to America. Which made me curious. What have you found out?
Oppenheimer
12.5s
- I don't know. - The Nazis have them. - Niels Bohr's in Copenhagen. - Under Nazi occupation. Did they stop printing newspapers in Princeton? Why would we go to the middle of nowhere for who knows how long? (chuckling) For a year or two. Or three.
Oppenheimer
1.6s
Fuck.
Oppenheimer
23.3s
It's about unleashing the strong force... before the Nazis do. Oh, my God. Niels won't work for the Nazis. No, never. But while they have him, we don't. That's why I need you. Why would you think I'd do that? "Why?" "Why?" How about because this is the most important fucking thing to ever happen in the history of the world. How about that?
Oppenheimer
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Why don't you have a Nobel Prize? Why aren't you a general? They're making me one for this. Perhaps I'll have the same luck. A Nobel Prize for making a bomb? Alfred Nobel invented dynamite.
