And if the truth is catastrophic? Then you stop. And you share your findings with the Nazis. So neither side destroys the world.
Oppenheimer
21.6s
So here we are, hmm? Lost in your quantum world of probabilities and needing certainty. Can you run the calculations yourself? (chuckles) About the only thing you and I have in common is a disdain for mathematics. Who's working on this in-in Berkeley? Hans Bethe. Well, he'll get to the truth.
Oppenheimer
14.9s
What do you take it to mean? Neutrons smash into nucleus, releasing neutrons to smash into other nuclei. Criticality, a point of no return, massive explosive force. But this time, the chain reaction doesn't stop.
Oppenheimer
4.1s
Whose... Whose work is this? Teller's.
Oppenheimer
14.5s
Coming right up. Conversation ended there. Nothing in our long-standing friendship would have led me to believe that Chevalier was actually seeking information, and I am certain that he had no idea of the work in which I was engaged.
Oppenheimer
14.2s
BETHE: When you know Teller's critical assumptions, the real picture emerges. Bottom line? The chances of an uncontrolled nuclear reaction are near zero. Near zero. (breathes heavily) - Oppie, this is good news. - Mm.
Oppenheimer
8.7s
Can you run them again? No, you'll get the same answer. Till they actually detonate one of these things, the best assurance you're going to get is this. Near zero.
Oppenheimer
11s
You know, some days, Kurt refuses to eat. Even in Princeton. He's convinced that the Nazis can poison his food. Mm. Hmm? Huh.
Oppenheimer
6.5s
That would be treason. Yes, of course. I just thought you should know.
We're a couple of New York Jews. How do you know Dutch? Well, I thought I'd better learn it when I got here this semester. You learned enough Dutch in six weeks to give a lecture on quantum mechanics? Wanted to challenge myself. Quantum physics wasn't challenging enough. - Schvitzer. - Schvitzer? - Show-off. - (chuckles) Dutch in six weeks, but you never learned Yiddish? They don't speak it so much my side of the park. Screw you. You homesick? Oh, you know it.
Oppenheimer
12.4s
No, thank you. It's a long way to Zurich. You get any skinnier, we're gonna lose you between the seat cushions. I'm Rabi. Oppenheimer. I caught your lecture on molecules. Caught some of it.
Oppenheimer
9.2s
Ever get the feeling our kind isn't entirely welcome here? Physicists? 'S funny. Not in the department. They're all Jewish too.
Oppenheimer
5.2s
You know analysis? When I was in post-grad at Cambridge, I had a little trouble.
