Oppenheimer: The Father of the Bomb

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[@kanescrimes4848]

Socially awkward Oppenheimer ends up delivering one of the most inherently profound speeches we'll ever hear.

[@kanescrimes4848]

@Sarthak Palshikar I know, I said "delivering". The point I'm making is that someone wo was socially awkward is well known for delivering a profound speech. I didn't imply he created it.

[@buckhorncortez]

"Socially awkward"? How did you come to that conclusion? He had a large circle of friends teaching at UC Berkeley. He enjoyed having many people over to his house and was known for the stiff martinis that he delighted in mixing for the party crowd. Hardly the misanthrope people love to make him out to be.

[@kanescrimes4848]

@@buckhorncortez I didn't come up with that conclusion. I read it in his autobiography. He was definitely awkward socially, but it was only a hindrance when he was young. This was accredited to him always thinking/knowing he was the smartest person in the room. His peers and friends UC Berkeley weren't close friends as much as they were acquaintances and they largely resented him for his perceived arrogance. I can teach you more if you like...or you could read his autobiography and write a term paper on him like I did. You're confusing social anxiety disorder with being socially awkward.

[@buckhorncortez]

@@kanescrimes4848 Autobiography? Do you know the definition of that word? An account of a person's life written by that person. Oppenheimer never wrote an autobiography so it's impossible that you've read it. "Nuclear Narrative"? That is his defense to the Strauss investigation - it is not an autobiography. Robert Oppenheimer, "Letters and Recollections"? Again, not an autobiography. Maybe I should consult with you on the definition of words rather than what you've written? How about Francis Fergusson? Friend? Paul Horgan? The "great troika"? Or, maybe you've just forgotten them? Herbert Smith? Oppenheimer had many close friends at UC Berkley, that included his life-long friend Robert Serber - but, you knew that because you've read an autobiography. How about Haakon Chevalier? Who was a very close friend, until he found out Oppenheimer used him as the fall guy with the FBI? But, you knew about him too, right? What about E.O. Lawrence? James Conant, whom Oppenheimer referred to as "Uncle Jim"? None of these people counted as being "close friends"? I guess I need YOUR definition of "close friend." Because you define words for everyone else. I'd love to know the autobiography you've read and, apparently, ignored the parts that don't fit your narrative. "American Prometheus"? Biography - it's in my library. "Robert Oppenheimer: A Life Inside the Center"? That too is a biography. "Man of the Hour" the biography of James Conant? "The Making of the Atomic Bomb? "Now It Can Be Told"? "109 East Palace"? "The Los Alamos Primer"? "Blast Wave"? "Racing for the Bomb"? "Dark Sun"? "The Manhattan Project: Birth of the Atomic Bomb in the Words of Its Creators, Eyewitnesses, and Historians"? How about one that's hard to get..."Atomic Quest"? What about "The Alsos Mission"? "Tuxedo Park: A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II"? Those are a few of the books in my library. Yeah...why don't you teach me more? But, I will admit, I've never read one book on Oppenheimer and then written a term paper on him...

[@kanescrimes4848]

@@buckhorncortez Yup, I used the wrong word, but I'm still right. You typed an awful lot for what? Here's a quote from his biography called Father of the atomic bomb, "Robert was extremely socially awkward as a teenager. From the start, he considered himself the smartest guy in the room and this led to an arrogance that was off-putting to his peers. They were also put off by his prim and proper nature". I also read that this trait carried into his adult years but often came off more like arrogance than awkwardness. That doesn't mean he had NO friends, so you naming friends he had is irrelevant/doesn't contend with anything I've typed. Keep trying to pacify your ego though, I'm sure it'll work out for you in the end.

[@brood1820]

Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.

[@thebigsad9463]

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[@anarcho-boulangistllamaent2023]

Now I am become death, the destroyer of scrubs.

[@deathwings51]

Funny that the context behind that quote in the Bhagvad Gita is actually really different. In the book, Lord Krishna actually encourages Arjuna to proceed to war by saying that. Read the interpretation of the original Sanskrit text. It is fascinating.

[@felipe367]

The 16-Bit Guy I belive it was a badly interpreted version that Mr O recited to the press.

[@user-cr3pn7rk2v]

@@deathwings51 Krishna basically takes on his almighty divine form that was very horrible. Death, destruction, the entirety of existence. He showed the impermanence of everything and that everything was due to be destroyed in time. Arjuna was thus to be a vehicle for justice in this world.

[@NinjaZXRR]

I saw the Oppenheimer movie in the Theater, the nuke scene was silent and when it was detonated the entire theater was Silent. It was a powerful scene and just before you do hear the Shockwave from the explosion you hear his famous quote. The Christopher Nolan movie was an excellent motion picture.

[@CianaCorto]

Aren't movie theatres always silent?

[@molkwi9077]

@@CianaCorto Unfortunately, from my experiences, they rarely are...

[@doggo1098]

The first thing the nuclear bombs killed was that man's soul.

[@doointhedoo]

can you imagine creating something that killed millions? it would haunt you to no end. when I saw the film recording of him quoting, "I am become death; Destroyer or worlds", you can see the pain and remorse in his eyes.

[@dylanshandley1246]

doointhedoo nukes haven’t killed millions of people, they haven’t even killed 1/4 of a million. Only about 146,000 and when you compare that to the death toll of the two world war, relatively, it’s nothing.

[@thepinkmarlinguy5619]

I don’t think that would make him feel any better about making the bomb

[@thepinkmarlinguy5619]

I don’t think that would make him feel better about making the bomb

[@nova77791]

@@doointhedoo yes the gun. The sword the bow. Mankind has been slaughtering itself off since the beginning

[@justincarnes1656]

"They're minerals, Marie!" - Hank Schrader

[@ciscomartinez6092]

Justin Carnes that joke is so layered it’s like an onion... it makes me want to cry

[@HaloJumper7]

W.W FTW!

[@scj1687]

Get this man a beer! 🤣 🍻

[@ciscomartinez6092]

@@arne8158 I bet you’d be fun at parties if you got invited

[@ciscomartinez6092]

@@arne8158 this is the reason you don’t get invited to parties

[@panth3r072]

From what I just saw, Oppenheimer suffered a case of "if you're not with us, you're against us," from the American government with his opposition towards a hydrogen nuclear bomb. Way to treat the man that played a significant part in winning the war.

[@buckhorncortez]

Oppenheimer lobbied for tactical nuclear weapons rather than developing "The Super." He became vulnerable to the Communist frenzy of the early 1950's, mostly, through his own very poor life choices. Oh, and lying to the FBI, changing his stories on past Communist associations and attempted contacts by Russian operatives. He also, stupidly, made an enemy of Lewis Strauss by insulting him publicly on more than one occasion. Unfortunately for Oppenheimer, Strauss was both petty, and in the position to exact revenge - which he did. It was hardly the "American Government" that went after Oppenheimer, it was Strauss, greatly aided by Edward Teller.

[@MistressGlowWorm]

J. Edgar Hoover was a cross dresser with pent up sexual frustration whose psychosis caused him to see communists everywhere. Only the boogeymen of his own design. Through Oppie under a bus tho.

[@MistressGlowWorm]

@@buckhorncortez Teller wanted to be Oppenheimer. He never could.

[@hristo5689]

The person with the biggest involvement in winning the war was named Joseph Stalin. The person with the biggest involvement in creation of the atomic bomb was Enrico Fermi.

[@hristo5689]

@@buckhorncortez it wasn’t only Robert who helped the Russians build their weapon. All the most important scientists working on the Manhattan Project were the key factor - Fermi, Oppenheimer, Teller, Szilard, Bohr etc based on the simple belief that so powerful weapon cannot belong to only one country to protect humanity.

[@pewp325]

Here after watching the "Oppenheimer" movie trailer, and as usual, Simon delivers the history in spades.

[@D1G1TALFOX]

😎

[@caelum2185]

Me too.

[@tordoff80]

@@caelum2185 and me

[@PRODUCEDBYMATTIX]

Me too ❤

[@saranshjoshi3167]

Same

[@pabloramirezvillalba5104]

Biographics: Father of the Bomb Me, an Intellectual: Boom Daddy

[@tex-mex1996]

You are like us now, pablo

[@Potatotenkopf]

Sounds like a Warhammer ork title

[@tex-mex1996]

@@Potatotenkopf Really?

[@bigshacc2]

he is legit ANON BOOMER

[@raspberrycrowns9494]

He really did a job on that blow

[@brettrichardson7924]

He was also a really good rapper

[@thedukeoflegends1981]

His bars were the heat source of the nuclear bomb... he left rapping after that.

[@raystrife234]

and that butt *butt Butt BUtt BUTt BUTT CHIN*

[@esh2073]

Here we go now

[@natasharomanova4147]

Really? Because Opie's Boyz sounds more like he was a boy band type of guy.

[@tsk3884]

but between us whos the wost MC? YOU!!

[@StreetsOfVancouverChannel]

The subsequent existential grief/horror that Oppenheimer likely experienced late in life must have been exceedingly overwhelming in a number of regard...

[@DeathToTheDictators]

Truth is, the bomb probably saved countless millions of lives, as there was never the likely massive conventional war (aka WW3) between USA and USSR...ironically, this horribly destructive weapon was/is actually a peace maker.

[@erichdiebenow4727]

DeathToTheDictators We have flipped the coin and gotten lucky. And we have flipped it to many times. It’s the worlds greatest weapon of peace... until it isn’t.

[@DeathToTheDictators]

@@erichdiebenow4727 "We have flipped the coin" - no, more like 'never rolled 20 snake eye's in a row'. If we WERE going to have a nuclear war, it would've happened sometime in the last almost 70 years. It won't, because everyone knows it's suicide. I mean, Hitler was a pretty persuasive guy (both in fear but also in ideology and demagoguery), but even HE couldn't give the order for everyone to kill themselves (and expect not only the people, but virtually ANY of the military to agree to it).

[@erichdiebenow4727]

DeathToTheDictators I know this may shock you 70 years isn’t a long time. It may feel like a long period of peace, but unfortunately as the period leading up to ww1 we outlawed chemical weapons believing what you just stated to be true, it would be suicide.

[@DeathToTheDictators]

@@erichdiebenow4727 "I know this may shock you 70 years isn’t a long time" - lol dude you're telling me...i'm 42 years old and it went by in a FLASH (70's coming all too soon). But it's long in this context (we're not talking about evolution or astronomy). Especially as societal change towards 'less barbarity' keeps accelerating (look at how being gay went from being 'sub-citizen' to 'generally acceptable' in just a decade). "we outlawed chemical weapons believing what you just stated to be true" - but chemical weapons AREN'T remotely 'suicide' (how many billions of gallons of chemicals would it take to kill a whole nation? How long would it take? While just a few 1000 lbs of plutonium could do the same, INSTANTANEOUSLY)...this isn't even apples and oranges, this oranges and fish.

[@delfin7461]

There's a great film called "Fat Man and Little Boy" that's all about the Manhattan Project and it delves into Oppenheimer's grief over helping to create the bomb. Very underrated film.

[@gpcrawford8353]

In Great Britain 🇬🇧 this was renamed “The Shadow Makers” btw Britain had developed Radar to detect Nazi bombers and fighter planes under the code name Home sweet home then developed the magnetron to produce air borne radar. This along with penicillin and full drawings of the merlin engine and I believe the jet engine developed by Rolls- Royce were given to the USA 🇺🇸 as a type of down payment for American help if needed. More over under the code name Tube Alloys Britain was looking also at nuclear bombs this was shipped to Canada 🇨🇦 when the blitz prevented more development then on to the USA 🇺🇸 due to the vast resources needed indeed one of the physicists Louis Slotin killed by the demon core was Canadian.

[@musicauthority674]

I watched that movie, and dispite what people think and say about Oppenheimer. after the two A bombs that were used on the Empire of Japan. and he seen the devastation that they caused. he anguished over the fact he created those weapons. and even referenced that he had opened a Pandora's box. but he came to terms with the fact that if he hadn't created those weapons someone else's would have? but he spent the rest of his life somewhat depressed. untill he died at a fairly young age I believe it was 62. I can sort of see his point of view being the person to usher in the nuclear age.

[@ethanweeter2732]

@@musicauthority674He died of cancer, guessing likely caused by radiation sickness even.

[@musicauthority674]

@@ethanweeter2732 He died of thoat cancer from constantly chain smoking cigarettes. but it was also a known fact that he had bouts of depression. which were aggagerated the events in his life contributing to his death.

[@glennt69lol]

"Now I am become death... destroyer of worlds" these words weighed heavy upon Oppenheimer, to realize the catastrophic fatality results of your lifes work.

[@dco1019]

Wasn't the guy a bit to overeager to claim this as his own terrifying accomplishment though? Ofc he was important but he was more like a link between the scientists and the brass, politics etc. Where he could understand both sides of the project.. the theory and on the other hand getting the resources to accomplish it. I don't think he was a key player in terms of the theory, ideas how it could be done etc.

[@MarCuseus]

@@dco1019 **FACEPALM** Perhaps you should watch the video?

[@sefatsilverlake3816]

@@dco1019 Victor Weisskopf said: "Oppenheimer directed these studies, theoretical and experimental, in the real sense of the words. Here his uncanny speed in grasping the main points of any subject was a decisive factor; he could acquaint himself with the essential details of every part of the work. He did not direct from the head office. He was intellectually and physically present at each decisive step. He was present in the laboratory or in the seminar rooms, when a new effect was measured, when a new idea was conceived. It was not that he contributed so many ideas or suggestions; he did so sometimes, but his main influence came from something else. It was his continuous and intense presence, which produced a sense of direct participation in all of us; it created that unique atmosphere of enthusiasm and challenge that pervaded the place throughout its time." So yeah, calculations and administration pretty much.

[@mckid2683]

​@@MarCuseus 😂😂😂

[@blank7764]

Edgy

[@DaShonuff]

Getting prepped for the next ERB.

[@enigma5760]

Wait... Robbert j oppenheimer is in erb? What a coincidence

[@thenixaless7493]

I only searched J.Oppenheimer to understand the video 😅😅

[@phantomface9211]

Lol same

[@sharronkelly115]

@@thenixaless7493 I researched ERB to understand Oppenheimer

[@asymbolofpurehatred]

@@sharronkelly115 LOL WHAT?

[@mirahkleischristensen6378]

ERB storm comming

[@6aliph77]

Lol I'm here cuase I didn't know who this guy was 😂😂

[@impuls3129]

A L L U P I N Y O U R S T I N K Y

[@doomguy7707]

Thanks for the warning friend

[@arandomyoutubeuser_____8930]

What is ERB?

[@arandomyoutubeuser_____8930]

@nomar Dinkleberg Aaah. I honestly didn't even know those were still a thing. My cousin showed them to me years ago.

[@peter-radiantpipes2800]

My grandfather was a professor at Cal Tech in Mathematics, did meteorological forecasting for D-Day etc. he had his friends over when I was young. Two of his partners worked with Oppenheimer at Los Alamos on the bomb. It was really interesting growing up around these guys.I know His closest friend and bus partner worked on the implosion device surrounding the plutonium core. They were there for the first detonation. Don’t remember what the other guys worked on but was really cool growing up hearing them discuss physics, meteorology, math etc. I got my first quantum physics book at 12 or 13 yrs old. Wish I had gone that route at school in retrospect.

[@KenitraR80]

Realy cool now we can destroy the world many times over. World's nuclear arsenal capable of destroying earth 48 times over

[@bjs301]

I commented above that Simon should do a video about Richard Feynman. He taught at Cal Tech, was one of the most mathematically gifted physicists of the twentieth century, and was a wild man to boot. Do you remember hearing about him?

[@peter-radiantpipes2800]

bjs301 lol. I’ve been requesting Simon to do a bio on Feynman since he started the channel. I read “surely you’re joking” when I was 19. Def my top 3 favorite physicists/writers in that area. My grandfather knew him as well though I only found out years after he passed. I even mentioned Feynman last night when Joe Rogan brought him up briefly on the podcast. Really nice to finally hear someone else mention such a legend. He deserves so much more recognition among everyday people and not just the physics and mathematic community. Really funny guy too!

[@bjs301]

@@peter-radiantpipes2800 He became a hero to me when he refused to hide the truth about the Challenger disaster. I was awestruck when he demonstrated on TV how he could make the infamous O-rings fail just by dipping them in ice water. He clearly put astronaut safety ahead of political propriety. I could not agree more that he deserves greater recognition.

[@peter-radiantpipes2800]

bjs301 yeah, I remember that and had just watched it again about a year ago. Unfortunately, he’s just not mentioned often on channels. I was shocked that Joe Rogan brought him up and he wasn’t entirely sure about the guy. I’ve been wanting to reread his books since it’s been about 20 years. Hopefully Simon or more will do a bio about him.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

0:45 - Chapter 1 - Beginnings 1:30 - Chapter 2 - Scientific beginnings 2:30 - Chapter 3 - Discovering physics 4:55 - Chapter 4 - Finding his calling 5:55 - Chapter 5 - Oppenheimer the teacher 7:55 - Mid roll ads 9:10 - Chapter 6 - Broadening horizons 10:50 - Chapter 7 - War 16:15 - Chapter 8 - Dropping bombs 18:50 - Chapter 9 - Fall from grace

[@4inbeatz763]

Thanks timestamp guy!!

[@ethanhorn5823]

Someone needs to make an Oppenheimer movie. A biopic would be super good.

[@oscarpeters5309]

that could work really well, get someone like benedict cumberbatch to play him

[@sakuragi1062]

Nolan is making it

[@Roni69420]

Damn lol

[@chriswright2250]

Its coming out soon 2023

[@stelladonaconfredobutler9459]

@@sakuragi1062 read Modern Prometheus, its brilliant. Nolan based his screenplay on it

[@BadHabitMarco]

If he hadn't done it, someone else would've. Just a matter of time...

[@trollinape2697]

Pun?

[@purepeach6907]

Wow what a way to think go on kill or rape someone if uts not you that do it its just gonna be another one ?

[@BadHabitMarco]

@@purepeach6907 I wasn’t talking about a felony, but a technical invention. What kind of ignorant comment was that? 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@buckhorncortez]

@@BadHabitMarco Just the usual level of deep thinking found on the Internet...

[@robertostler6733]

JJ Thomson would say at dinners "a toast to the electron, may it never be of use to anyone." How wrong he was.

[@Chris-hx3om]

Electrons are 'electricity'. What 'powers' nuclear weapons are neutrons....

[@bennyko723]

Electrons are very useful in chemical reactions.

[@miniflem1]

@@bennyko723 Bonds between electrons are the reason matter exists,

[@mentat102]

One bone to pick - the Bomb that Oppenheimer helped to develop was a fission device (splitting Uranium or Plutonium) and was generally referred to as an "atomic" bomb because it's power was derived by splitting atoms. The Teller-developed Hydrogen bomb is a fusion device (fusing two nuclei to generate its power) and thus is properly a "nuclear" bomb.

[@karterkilla4040]

Yes bro, but the only way to start the fusion process instantly is using a fission reaction, and use that energy to start the fusion, so the hydrogen bomb is just an evolution of the nuclear bomb

[@pabloecoli]

No. atomic bomb = nuclear bomb (fission). Hydrogen bomb = thermonuclear bomb (fusion)

[@mentat102]

@@pabloecoli Here's how the Encyclopedia Britannica explains it: "A thermonuclear bomb differs fundamentally from an atomic bomb in that it utilizes the energy released when two light atomic nuclei combine, or fuse, to form a heavier nucleus. An atomic bomb, by contrast, uses the energy released when a heavy atomic nucleus splits, or fissions, into two lighter nuclei."

[@gpcrawford8353]

Stan ulam had quite a bit to do with the hydrogen bomb indeed it's known as the Teller-Ulam design.

[@ethanweeter2732]

Correct, and the Hydrogen bomb is far more deadly and more likely to result in atmospheric ignition because of its magnitude of power. They are 10-100 or more times more powerful than atomic bombs since they are thermonuclear weapons.

[@finno-px6of]

You can see the pain and horror in his eyes when he talked about the Atomic bomb

[@buckhorncortez]

He helped create it and enthusiastically pursued the bomb's creation. He owns all the self-created baggage that goes with it.

[@forgotten5889]

@@buckhorncortez if he didn't do it somebody else would, it's just a matter of time.

[@omnitrac1024]

@@forgotten5889 most definitely. Mankind's worst enemy is the objective of questioning and making. Good or bad it's our biggest motive in life. Another reason why religion holds to people, it allows their mind the release from the unexplainable.

[@djantouahmed7319]

@@forgotten5889 so it was better for him to do it?

[@randomyoutuber4189]

@@buckhorncortez Oppenheimer when the bomb he designed specifically to murder millions murders millions:

[@elliotboiii]

Simon I had a very weird dream about you last night which involved you being at the head of some weird illuminati type conspiracy. That is all

[@Biographics]

Stop dreaming, you are getting to close to the truth.

[@conanpickett9423]

That is very STRAAANGE

[@YouTubecanfuckagoat]

Shh! Truth is stranger than fiction. Pay no attention to Simons followers.., erm I mean Subscribe. Mash that button. ✔️

[@1337fraggzb00N]

This is the boss of the Illuminati speaking. I never hired Simon offiially, but he does the paperwork when I am on vacation. This is true because you can read it here in the internet.

[@no.8466]

Strange music is gay af

[@MidnightMan5001]

"I cause chain reactions when I'm lyrical 'Cause I've got that fissile material!"

[@lachesarborisov9531]

A man of culture as well, I see

[@sharronkelly115]

He was introduced to that Fissile Material by his grandfather at the age of 5! That should have been in the ERB rap battle.

[@kayb9489]

Who the hell did not know oppenheimer before the geeky ERB rap battle?

[@EugeneHKrabs-ie1lc]

Can you imagine being back in the 1930’s and later telling your descendants that you were taught by J Robert Oppenheimer. That’s wild. It is sad that such a brilliant mind had to cope with the realization of what he had made. Talk about profound.

[@trashteamracing8262]

It struck me how much young Oppenheimer looks like Cillian Murphy. I'm really excited for the new movie.

[@lewisenglish2830]

" now I am the come death. Destroyer of worlds" is honestly one of the most harrowing quotes in history, due to what came later for Japan.

[@erikgriswold5273]

The actual quote is even more harrowing.

[@lewisenglish2830]

@@erikgriswold5273 excuse me?

[@erikgriswold5273]

@@lewisenglish2830Check it out kids, a learning opportunity: "I am become death, destroyer of worlds" You're not excused unless you edit your comment.

[@Brandonhayhew]

That will be Nolan film

[@zeitgeistx5239]

Except you like the typical internet simpleton didn’t understand the quote. The context of the quote is missing. If you bothered to research what he said you would know how wrong you are.

[@hosbearanda889]

“I am become deaf”

[@thenixaless7493]

Nice ERB pun Who do you think won?

[@TastyTaify]

DESTROYER OF EARDRUMS.

[@theodoreavison1927]

@@thenixaless7493 Oppenheimer

[@redacted7623]

The Nixaless Oppenheimer obviously

[@crocve]

"You need an iron man for that wrinkly ass skin."

[@simracing4simpletons978]

I bet this is blowing up now with the movie coming out.

[@0neCrazyCracker]

“We're in the endgame now, Tinky Winky I'll finish this like Ant-Man, all up in your stinky.” -Oppenheimer

[@GDIrber]

Christopher .Fischetti nice

[@MidnightMan5001]

"Anyone who believes that Thanos did nothing wrong crap obviously hasn't heard you rap....OH SNAP!"

[@Boogabeega]

That’s why I’m here too

[@gn8272]

@Bob Bill whos next?

[@salihozaltin793]

@@gn8272 You decide!

[@TheGroundedCoffee]

In Breaking Bad, Hanks fondness of minerals means he was the Oppenheimer to Walter White's Heisenberg 🤯

[@PuffleFuzz]

Wait a damn minute. That’s genius.

[@jadenephrite]

Regarding 3:21 Simon Whistler says that Ernest Rutherford “already won the Nobel Prize for splitting the atom”. However, Ernest Rutherford did not win the Nobel Prize for splitting the atom. Instead Ernest Rutherford won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1908 for his investigations into the disintegration of the elements, and the chemistry of radioactive substances. The Nobel Prize for Physics for splitting the atom was not awarded until 1951 to John Douglas Cockcroft and Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton of the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge.

[@naratores]

Stupid bald

[@justsomeguy4099]

These videos have a number of inaccuracies.

[@dovbarleib3256]

Rutherford discovered the charge, make up and mass of natural radioactivity from nuclear decay. He discovered that Alpha particles were a He nucleus (2p, 2n) had twice the charge and about 4000 times the mass of an electron and that a Beta particle IS an electron emitted from the nucleus. In an Electric field, the pos charged Alpha particles were obviously attracted to the negative side of such a field while Beta particles are attracted to the positive side. Correct me if I am wrong.

[@siriusakari6729]

Am one of those people that has been subscribed ro the channel for years and have watched so many of your videos but intentionally skipped this one when it came out 4 years ago. So t2he movie just premiered and I thought I will listen to Simon's take on Oppenheimer before I go watch the film. It was a good decision. It is an amazing film and this video helped me get an idea of what to expect in the movie. Great work.

[@atm3462]

They should really make a movie about this guy

[@atm3462]

@@achinoam-langFr

[@user-bm2rt5xn6k]

Imagine if they also include Einstein cameo the theaters are gonna go wild like in a Marvel movie

[@atm3462]

@@user-bm2rt5xn6kthat would be WILD

[@gibbyduediligence4956]

Came here to learn a bit more about Oppenheimer in anticipation of the new movie. Great job, as usual. Timeless content.

[@samuelbarber6177]

I liked to think he was the inspiration for the character of Serizawa in the 1954 Japanese film Gojira, otherwise known as Godzilla. Serizawa is the creator of a bomb known as the 'Oxygen Destroyer' which had the power to annihilate Oxygen atoms and destroy living organisms. He utterly hates what his research has brought and is reluctant to use it, even to destroy a monster a like Godzilla, which itself was an allegory for the horrors of the Nuclear Bomb and the residual radiation and dust, known as fallout.

[@mohnjayer]

You guys really make some of the best content on KZbin. These are TV-level quality videos. They’re engaging, entertaining, and truly informative. Thanks for what you do!

[@billthompson5644]

Your research is intriguing , your videos are absolutely mesmerizing. I'm so glad I subscribe to your Channel. Thanks again for getting me hooked for 20 minutes, and packing my head full of GREAT historical knowledge.

[@Biographics]

Soon we will have millions of people just like you.

[@rerun374]

Yeah, he read the wikipedia page himself.

[@billthompson5644]

@@rerun374 I'm sure that may have had a small portion. to do with it but nonetheless, I still really enjoy the videos I learned a lot. 1. he did NOT plagiarize 2. I like his narration and commentary.

[@rerun374]

@@billthompson5644 LOL You'll have to excuse my cynicism. The internet is my outlet. If I was a cynical prick in real life, I wouldn't have gotten very far!

[@hermeticxhaote4723]

I'm sure KZbin will irrationally demonitize & delete this chanell.

[@kit2770]

I hear that Chris Nolan created a "nuclear explosion" for his film without using CGI. I love his commitment to using practical effects for his movies. I can't wait to see that scene. I'm extremely curious about it.

[@stelladonaconfredobutler9459]

yes he did but he and the tech team won't talk about how they did it at this point per FANDANGO Oppenheimer cast interview. There is no computer anything in the filming. It is in IMAX 70mm which is native 2D format; this is film not digital. The cast spoke to working live w the 70mm IMAX as opposed to green screens and how they liked it.

[@ethanweeter2732]

@@stelladonaconfredobutler9459It was awesome to watch on IMAX too.

[@r.a.m.7209]

"John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt"... I always thought it was... "John Jacob Oppenheimer Schmidt" ...don't know why I had that in my head.

[@Biographics]

Now it's in all our heads.

[@swarmreturns969]

And from this, Godzilla was born.

[@epic9203]

Who else is excited for Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer" releasing July 21st, 2023?

[@lusidrain]

Right here ❗️exited for Nolan’s next epic

[@v.emiltheii-nd.8094]

"My God, what have I done?" - Oppenheimer when he learned of the 2 nukes being launched on Japan

[@puniopenetrante]

"Jesus Christ Marie!! They're minerals."

[@jowarrener527]

I feel primed for Nolan's film now thanks!

[@JFDA5458]

Watching this for the first time 4 years after it was released and 8 hours before I go to see "Oppenheimer" at the cinema. Useful background information.

[@modus3493]

“Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds. I suppose we all thought that in some way”

[@diypictures]

"Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds." They chose an interesting spot for that line in the movie.

[@SpammytheHedgehog]

I'm here after the Oppenheimer movie.

[@prettypuff1]

As a physical chemist, hearing he learned from greats like Fermi, Pauli, Heisenberg ( my favorite uncertainty principle) is awesome.

[@ethanweeter2732]

Bohr, Einstein. He was very close to Einstein and Bohr.

[@carterlearned8796]

Watching this after seeing Oppenheimer - super happy to hear more from another perspective.

[@misterdarren3622]

My grandfather worked at Los Alamos with Oppenheimer. His office was across the hall and they had coffee every day at 3:30.

[@amadorelopre2278]

i wanna know the story of this man after watching the Oppenheimer trailer

[@TinyAntKing]

Same.

[@Gayhan-]

I didn’t know a thing about this guy until ERB. Now I’ve been watching vids to learn about him

[@limitedarcturus9389]

gabriel jimenez same here

[@adrianthelastyoungling3693]

No different here

[@sharronkelly115]

Oppenheimer whacked Thanos. We shall live another day!

[@kingkyleiv7960]

Nope not me!

[@sharronkelly115]

This was WAY TOO SHORT! IT WAS ABSOLUTELY EXCELLENT

[@Biographics]

Thank you :)

[@Cupidrat7274]

This guy should get his own movie!

[@TheChaosDragoness]

I share the same birthday with Dr. Oppenheimer, 89 years later I would be born. He even died in the state my family and I lived in, my grandfather was born in 1929 and was alive to witness his work. I can only imagine how he felt and what he was thinking when he heard Dr. Oppenheimer's speech, as well as his 1965 interview of his talking on if the atomic bomb was necessary. The guilt that weighs on your soul knowing that you indirectly killed about 100,000 people in just the bomb drops alone, never mind the ones that died from radiation sickness from the fallout afterwards, and that your work was at the time being used to hold the world hostage in a sense by the two biggest world powers during the Cold War, it must truly be immeasurable.

[@maxton-_-4243]

Surprised the views aren’t skyrocketing after the movie

[@ryanholloway7011]

Did Christopher Nolan pay royalties to Simon

[@condorgaming4000]

All the dislikes on this video are Thanos fans

[@eli8637]

ahahaha

[@thebatman5741]

Or Japanese

[@djsonicc]

No, Edward Teller fans

[@henriklarsen3118]

Just wanted to say you guys are doing a great job with these videos. Very nice and keep them coming!

[@princesswithashotgun2488]

Props to Simon for being 4 years ahead of the craze 😂

[@ricardocabe]

Now we need the biography of Barbie.

[@titan1235813]

Simon, excellent and very engaging, as always. Now, let me suggest you to do John von Neumann's bio, please. Thank you, and keep up the great work!

[@joedoe783]

That was a brilliant episode. Thank you.

[@josemourinho2820]

Simon, I love your videos Even though there are some mistakes here and there in your videos generally speaking, You have improved a lot and I genuinely enjoy watching these biographic videos! Keep doing what you’re doing Simon!

[@Catlily5]

Los Alamos is semi-arid but the cold is more oppressive than the heat. It is high elevation. Lots of snow but beautiful summers.

[@suitefrancaise06]

Excellent video! Very informative on not just Oppenheimer's work but how it affected him on a personal level. Thank you! Side note: I thought I was the only one who'd noticed the resemblance between the young Oppenheimer in the photos, and Jim Parsons (who plays the fictional physicist Sheldon Cooper in The Big Bang Theory), but I've seen other comments saying the same. I don't know if Parsons getting that role was partly due to that or just a coincidence, but there's also an episode where Sheldon buys a cat and names it after Oppenheimer, so maybe the show-makers did notice the resemblance.

[@zoos_lol4106]

I freakin love this channel and History! Thank you so much

[@BigBrainLynx]

Who else is watching this in preparation for the movie?

[@veanwhitcher7867]

I like the style in which you make your presentations.

[@zaidislam4731]

You forgot to mention when he used to run a street gang in Birmingham

[@jamesbrownii9508]

And, years after his death, he saved the MCU from Thanos with an Atomic rap.

[@antheavanstaden8588]

Oh snap

[@LocalHeretic-ck1kd]

I read Brighter Than a Thousand Suns. The story of creation of the first atomic bomb. Fascinating stuff.

[@rob1399]

good song from iron maiden as well

[@scottdergarabedian8384]

Who’s here after watching the movie Oppenheimer

[@aimeepotts2137]

Have you thought about doing a Bio on Steven Gaal? He was a Hungarian mathematician who was brought to the US to work with Oppenheimer. He lived into his 90's, and lived in my tiny town of Overton, NV up until a year or so before his death. He came into the library I work in all the time. He was a funny, sweet old man who left some money to the library to buy STEM materials to use in programs for the local kids.

[@maxweinbach3996]

They should make a movie about Oppenheimer

[@Humanh8red]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@beckymcclure6943]

My favorite KZbin channel. Thanks Simon

[@VoxelRevolver]

This was a great, informative video. Thank you so much.

[@whimsy5623]

Today I am become sleepy, the goer to bed.

[@claudiobizama5603]

-Robert Oppenheimer. Father of the PJs, after drinking warm milk

[@alexanderg1297]

Nolan.

[@christopherr3676]

At long last . The upload I've been waiting for

[@kevinhensley4643]

Thank you for all you do. Love this history.

[@irfanyang7343]

So he grew up being "that guy" and later became "OOOH THAT GUY"

[@kevinlovett8477]

I came here to educate myself before I watch the movie, also, I subbed to all Simon’s channels and will watch his vids before I watch anybody else’s

[@belindaloh1646]

Again, excellent. Thanks Simon

[@jonnyhesketh1342]

Love the videos! Could you do a biographics episode on John Bonham, Keith Moon or George Best please? Keep up the good work!

[@talont9934]

I feel so bad for this man seems like he was never able to be fully happy especially after the bomb was made

[@buckhorncortez]

He created his own angst. He was such a loose cannon, he tried to poison one of his professors at Cambridge and was required to undergo psychotherapy as one of the conditions of remaining at Cambridge. He was a real drama seeker his whole life, complete with fainting spells - and I'm not exaggerating that statement.

[@bjs301]

Speaking of the Manhattan Project, you should do a video on Richard Feynman. Smarter than Oppenheimer, and a complete opposite.

[@tedvanmatje]

I absolutely agree mate. A bio on Feynman would be spot on!

[@Felipesquest]

^

[@Mizzle420420]

I Agree

[@shades394]

Not smarter, he just had a different type of critical thinking and informational processing abilities affected by early life and social circles. I agree Feynman was an incredibly smart guy but so was Oppenheimer, Oppenheimer was incredibly socially capable in later life and headed recruiting of scientists personally for the Manhattan project.

[@sharronkelly115]

@@tedvanmatje the dude figured out why the HELL the January 28th 1986 explosion of the Challenger took place! The O-rings were the reason!

[@thegingergyrl455]

Excellent job, Simon and company. I always enjoy your content. Thank you. 🤓🧚🏻‍♀️

[@alecgrolimond1678]

I really enjoy your biographics. Thank you.

[@JhabruTiger]

The Bhagvad Gita wasn't translated to English by Bob, but by his tutor at UC Berkeley, Arthur Ryder. The original Sanskrit version says "Kaal". Kaal means Time. Context: In the battle of Mahabharata, on the battlefield, the prince Arjuna felt helpless on seeing his loved ones on the other side of the battlefield. He knew his battle skills & thought that while fighting his own cousins & teachers, he'd end up killing them or at least severely injuring them. This threw him into a dilemma (much like what Oppenheimer faced after the nuclear tests). His charioteer, Krishna, tried to motivate him, but in vain. In a sort of last ditch attempt, Krishna who is actually the avatar of Lord Vishnu, took the form of his Eternal Self, as Lord Vishnu, and recited the Gita to Arjuna, telling him how he needs to do his duties because He i.e. God, intended it that way. Lord Vishnu's detailed advice is what the Bhagvad Gita basically is. This dialogue that has now become world famous, appears in Chapter 11, verse 32. In it, Vishnu says he's 'Kaal', or Time... contextually meaning, the Time-Spirit. What he meant to tell Arjuna was He is Time, and Time comes for all. Time is actually the ultimate destroyer. Think about it .. every second we waste, is a second destroyed & never coming back. What Vishnu meant to convey to Arjuna was, whether you do your duties or no, Time finally comes for us all, so keep doing your duties to the best of your abilities & let Time take care of everything else. This 'Kaal' was wrongly translated by Oppenheimer's tutor Ryder, as 'Death'. It should actually mean, "I am the Time-Spirit, the destroyer of worlds."

[@brettrichardson7924]

"A once in a lifetime struggle for the salvation of Mankind" damn that's deep, he realized they were on the brink of something that would be such a complete gamechanger, but wouldn't have been invented under any other less desperate warttime circumstances

[@buckhorncortez]

It would have been invented regardless of WW II. You can't hide science from physicists, scientists, or chemists. Every physicist that knew about fission in 1939 knew a bomb could be made. Roosevelt gave General Groves an unlimited budget to create the bomb. Hans Bethe made the observation long before the project started, that you'd need to turn the U.S. into a large factory to solve all of the problems. That's close to what happened. The Manhattan Project was the size of the U.S. auto industry by the time they finished the project.

[@kausamsalam8543]

Great presentation style on this key figure. Thank you.

[@mariaorsic9763]

Absolutely wonderful presentation!!!

[@lukecockburn1140]

Excited to see Christopher Nolan's interpretation of his life on film

[@lordbogdanoff5002]

There's gonna be a movie?

[@rsears78]

@@lordbogdanoff5002 yes. They are working on it now

[@vexorion6577]

oh no.......

[@lukecockburn1140]

@@vexorion6577 why no?

[@vexorion6577]

@@lukecockburn1140 you know how christopher nolan doesn't use cgi most of the time?

[@me0101001000]

If I ever created such a weapon, I don't know how I could live with myself.

[@buckhorncortez]

I guessing you won't have to worry about that...so, you can give up the fantasy of what you'd do.

[@AYVYN]

Somebody else would’ve created it anyways. Might as well hedge your bets

[@theConquerersMama]

My grandfather worked on it at Los Almos and subsequent atomic/ nuclear weapons development. After retirement, he went to the seminary and became a priest. He built churches, soup kitchens, Shelters and clinics. It was as if he wanted to use whatever time he had left helping and making a difference. He suffered greatly with what he did for a living when his kids were growing up. Compounded by the fact that it was all classified and he couldn't talk to anyone about it. Not a therapist or friend or even his wife.

[@pranavkirtani]

great research on your videos

[@sylpaulson7269]

Your video's are always the best. You could make any topic interesting. Id like to see you do a video on operation paperclip.

[@emrenazmiev]

They should make a movie about this

[@drdu3785]

Great video❤️ I’m gonna watch the movie today so I thought I should know few things about him😁

[@gigabyte2324]

Very informative. Thank you.

[@samuhe4747]

Oppenheimer movie prep, thanks for the brilliant video