(chuckles) I don't know. See where the math takes us. I guarantee it's somewhere no one's been before. Me? Yes, you. Your math is better than mine. (students laughing) SENATOR BARTLETT: Dr. Oppenheimer's file contained detail of his activities in Berkeley. Why would they have started a file on Dr. Oppenheimer before the war? Well, you'd have to ask Mr. Hoover. I'm asking you, Admiral Strauss. Uh, my assumption is that it was connected to his, uh, left-wing political activities.
Oppenheimer
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Uh, I believe he's a chemist who works at Shell. He talked to a friend of his who's an acquaintance of someone on the project.
Oppenheimer
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But I can't see you again.
Oppenheimer
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Brilliance makes up for a lot. Don't alienate the only people in the world that understand what you do.
Oppenheimer
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Hoover sends them to the AEC, you're forced to act.
Oppenheimer
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(faint pensive music continues)
Oppenheimer
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(tense music continues)
Oppenheimer
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It is special here.
Oppenheimer
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It would ignite the atmosphere. (whooshing) When we detonate an atomic device, we might start a chain reaction that... destroys the world.
Oppenheimer
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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.
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(wind howling)
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GROVES: Better off without him. (door slams shut) Aren't you more concerned about his discretion out there? We'll have him killed.
LAWRENCE: Very elegant. Quite clear. - There's just one problem. - Where? Next door. Alvarez did it. - But then look... - (pulsing) these fission pulses, they're massive. I've seen 30 of these in the past ten minutes. Theory will take you only so far. (gasps) During the process... extra neutrons boil off, which could be used to split other uranium atoms. Chain reaction. You're thinkin' what I'm thinkin'. You, me, and every other physicist around the world who's seen the news. I'm... what? What are we all thinking? A bomb, Alvarez. A bomb. I told you, Robert, no more fucking flowers.
