You're talking about turning theory into a practical weapons system faster than the Nazis. Who have a 12-month head start. Eighteen. How could you possibly know that? Our fast neutron research took six months. The man they've undoubtedly put in charge will have made that leap instantly. Who do you think they put in charge? Werner Heisenberg. He has the most intuitive understanding of atomic structure I have ever seen. - You know his work? - I know him. Just like I know Walther Bothe, von Weizsäcker, Diebner. In a straight race, the Germans win. - We've got one hope. - Which is? Anti-Semitism. What? Hitler called quantum physics "Jewish science." Said it right to Einstein's face. Our one hope is that Hitler is so... so blinded by hate that he's denied Heisenberg proper resources, because it'll take vast resources. Our nation's best scientists working together. Right now, they're scattered. Which gives us compartmentalization. All minds have to see the whole task to contribute efficiently. Poor security may cost us the race. Inefficiency will. The Germans know more than us anyway. The Russians don't. Remind me, who are we at war with? Somebody with your past doesn't want to be seen downplaying the importance of security from our Communist allies. Point taken. But, no. (scoffs) You don't get to say "no" to me. It's my job to say "no" to you when you're wrong. So you have the job now? Uh, I'm considering it. I'm starting to see where you got your reputation.
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My favorite response, "Oppenheimer couldn't run a hamburger stand." (chuckles) I couldn't. But I can run the Manhattan Project.
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ROBERT: Izzy.
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Robert. This is yours, not mine.
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LAWRENCE: It's exponential. BETHE: No. No, no, no. No.
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Robert, you're the great improviser, but this... (sighs) you can't do in your head.
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I don't know if we can be trusted with such a weapon. But I know the Nazis can't.
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- (music fades out) - (bell tolling)
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BOHR: Quantum physics is not a step forward, it is a new way to understand reality. Einstein's opened the door, now we are peering through, seeing a world inside our world. A world of energy and paradox that not everyone can accept.
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(sighs) A Yank, lecturing on the new physics? This I have to hear. I'm an American myself. How surprising. Um... Let me know if you need any help with the English.
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(indistinct chatter)
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STUDENT 2: Don't forget to clean up!
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BLACKETT: Damn, completely forgot. All right. (clears throat) Let's go.
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(rumbling)
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Göttingen. - Born? - Born. Get to Germany, study under Max Born. Learn the ways of theory. I'll send word. (gasps) - Wormhole. (exhales) - (apple clatters in trashcan) How's your mathematics? Not good enough for the physicist he wants to be. Algebra's like sheet music. The important thing isn't "Can you read music?" It's "Can you hear it?" Can you hear the music, Robert? Yes, I can. (classical music playing)
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I have known him for years.
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- Oh, no, not you, Oppenheimer. - (students laughing) You finish coating those plates. STUDENT 1: You see them? (students laughing)