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who are not to be involved in this.

is to provide a haven for independent minds.

I'm putting you exclusively on the implosion device.

Well, I'd say that's really up to you, Professor,

Without high winds,

Is there no way to demonstrate a bomb to Japan

None that spring to mind.

were not the last act of World War II

Yes, of course.

not the cult of Oppie at Los Alamos.

GARRISON: Do you recall this conversation

because of this shit.

-What part? -The broken heart.

-Abundant? (laughs) -Yes.

(timer ticking)

The United Nations as Roosevelt intended.

theoretical physics department.

and the security apparatus.

Teller, obviously.

LAWRENCE: What's it called?

of a hydrogen bomb on Hiroshima?

You're happy, I'm happy.

I thought if I could find a way

ROBB: In the months in between your interview

So the award really wasn't for me,

We join the Party and you can't

in certain of your responses to this board,

This is your moment.

(somber music playing)

It couldn't hurt.

For a year or two. Or three.

based in Chicago or Los Alamos during the war.

Why won't you fight?

History will judge us, Robert.

the Russians will have no choice but to build their own?

in the classroom, Oppie.

Oppie! Oppie! Oppie! Oppie! Oppie! Oppie!

I mean, it's fair to say that during the war years,

There was a recording of the interview.

without authorization.

would have led me to believe

in the light of your continuing associations

Strauss told him that you and Ruth Tolman

-Deterrence. -BUSH: "Deterrence"?

to contribute here? Please, help me out.

but only at the risk of his own life.

MAN (on speaker): Seventeen, sixteen,

Oh. Well, how many were killed or injured?

that the world would forgive you?

We both know I'm not what you want, Jean.

-Get me Potsdam right away. -Yes, sir.

Well, I... I asked what Truman should do, right?

-(Kitty laughing) -Did I say something funny?

while you do this with the AEC.

Lewis, with respect, we are the advisory committee,

Yes, just that he might merit watching is all.

I'm a New Deal Democrat.

I like a little wiggle room.

Hiroshima isn't about you.

ROBB: Not sure?

(somber music continues)

-after the Russian bomb test? -No.

I miss Richard more than I can bear.

It has long been clear to me

he demonstrated against Dr. Oppenheimer.

Of course we'll help you.

ROBB: In fact, Doctor, you assisted in selecting

Hans Bethe to run the Theoretical division.

Hitler's dead, it's true.

in hands which I understand better

(stirring music playing)

When are you going to try it out?

Another controversy between them centered around

between the seat cushions.

doesn't mean we get to decide how it's used.

RABI: Nothing to worry about.

Is light made up of particles or waves?

Doesn't matter who I associate with.

that he's denied Heisenberg proper resources,

but the first act of this cold war with Russia.

Look at his record.

STUDENT 1: You see them?

Because somebody gave it to him.

Did you think that if you let them tar and feather you,

(stomping intensifying)

and Communists was dangerous?

CHARLOTTE: Truman's on the radio.

-(cheering sound returns) -(hearty laughter)

Try not to blow up the world.

Soviet Communism and Communism?

Yes, this is it. Please.

Well, then there's only really one question

Well, somehow I have graduated to housewife.

Not in person, no, but, uh...

No, the only person who had anything good to say

were you deterred by any moral qualms?

...when making atomic weapons. In fact, you do.

Welcome to Los Alamos.

Wouldn't you agree, Doctor?

LAWRENCE: I feel like I could see

-Are these women qualified? -ROBERT: Don't be absurd.

So how do you generate enough force to fuse hydrogen atoms?

I'm... what? What are we all thinking?

page one, paragraph three. You never said,

it should settle within two to three miles.

It was all part of his plan.

We'll break now,

Y-You drown in ten feet of water or-or 10,000,

By 36, I just told Joe I couldn't take it anymore.

But never stopped speaking his mind.

What about the husband?

LOMANITZ: Plenty.

It's always been Strauss, and you know it.

GROVES: One final time, our program director,

Who could think straight in a place like that? Huh?

We're all simple souls, I guess.

you don't have to worry. It's done.

with a profound concern.

Oppie, you're right. It's lettin' up.

So you take Theoretical.

(soft music continues)

(swallows) I heard you give the same lecture...

Write up your conclusion, send them to the FBI.

You can read this?

Simply by limiting the spread of atomic weapons

One night, flying back from a raid,

Oak Ridge refined all of last month.

has detected radiation.

-As he sees it. -I told you,

in your circle, so no.

I don't know how to say this.

you hit that button, you abort.

Okay, hang on, hang on.

Seth, I'm putting you on plutonium.

Which physicist?

-because of moral scruples? -Yes, I believe I would, sir.

But this time, the chain reaction doesn't stop.

When I was a kid,

Nah, no dice. I checked with the British.

I hear you're leaving Los Alamos.

more than $2 billion

CHEVALIER: Yeah. He... The, uh, F.A.E.C.T. guy.

He mentioned that if anyone

"We" shouldn't be doing anything. You should.

-I'd love to introduce you. -No need.

or injured, is that correct?

No. In fact, it was some months later, wasn't it?

Jim tells me you're concerned

the President of the United States

Why would they care what I do?

that in his testimony here,

impractical as they were during the war.

their petition against bombing Japan.

MAN: Chevalier, good to see you. It's...

President Eisenhower pinned the Medal of Freedom

(solemn music playing)

You're the great salesman of science.

It's been a long road.

Why did you marry him?

Oppenheimer knows how to manipulate his own.

Our security was tight,

(thrilling music continues)

Do not turn around

that atomic bomb on the target you selected,

-They put you in there? -I asked for it.

-Probably. -Find out if he was

That would make no sense at all.

not everyone has levers to pull like mine.

(telephones ringing)

Perhaps a vital war plant with workers housed nearby.

No burden of proof No burden of proof?

policy of neutrality that Communists advocated.

If you'll just allow me to continue with my statement...

the most important man who ever lived.

That's the definition of nothing

The best, but I have to warn you...

You see me as persistent.

I know that, thank you.

STUDENT 1: Your paper on black holes is in!

to unionize the Radiation Lab.

They resent anyone who questions their judgment,

to cross-examination by you, Mr. Garrison.

and presenting it as a means to win the war

Niels won't work for the Nazis.

Do we have the filter papers?

in influencing United States military policy..."

on Dr. Oppenheimer before the war?

There's no burden of proof.

Did he mention gaseous diffusion?

you initiated the hearings.

(softly): Sorry.

Then it's best you get home, cowboys.

-ROBERT: Yes. -At Los Alamos?

He talks about putting the nuclear genie

You mean it was more of a... an academic excursion.

that you are a loyal citizen.

in the operation of Los Alamos?