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So the award really wasn't for me,

You're the great salesman of science.

I know that, thank you.

on Dr. Oppenheimer before the war?

Well, then there's only really one question

No burden of proof No burden of proof?

Did he mention gaseous diffusion?

What about the husband?

There's no burden of proof.

So you take Theoretical.

because of this shit.

Perhaps a vital war plant with workers housed nearby.

has detected radiation.

were you deterred by any moral qualms?

Seth, I'm putting you on plutonium.

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

LAWRENCE: I feel like I could see

Try not to blow up the world.

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

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

to contribute here? Please, help me out.

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

would have led me to believe

in your circle, so no.

to unionize the Radiation Lab.

ROBB: In the months in between your interview

STUDENT 1: You see them?

Lewis, with respect, we are the advisory committee,

We're all simple souls, I guess.

Do not turn around

you initiated the hearings.

No, the only person who had anything good to say

ROBB: Not sure?

Why did you marry him?

Hiroshima isn't about you.

in certain of your responses to this board,

Yes, just that he might merit watching is all.

History will judge us, Robert.

You see me as persistent.

(somber music continues)

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

ROBB: In fact, Doctor, you assisted in selecting

I hear you're leaving Los Alamos.

I thought if I could find a way

page one, paragraph three. You never said,

in the operation of Los Alamos?

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

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

Yes, this is it. Please.

not the cult of Oppie at Los Alamos.

without authorization.

that in his testimony here,

in the light of your continuing associations

Jim tells me you're concerned

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

President Eisenhower pinned the Medal of Freedom

LOMANITZ: Plenty.

not everyone has levers to pull like mine.

were not the last act of World War II

in influencing United States military policy..."

Hans Bethe to run the Theoretical division.

Yes, of course.

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

-Deterrence. -BUSH: "Deterrence"?

Oak Ridge refined all of last month.

more than $2 billion

Simply by limiting the spread of atomic weapons

I like a little wiggle room.

or injured, is that correct?

that the world would forgive you?

This is your moment.

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

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

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

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

GARRISON: Do you recall this conversation

For a year or two. Or three.

It was all part of his plan.

None that spring to mind.

who are not to be involved in this.

(thrilling music continues)

that you are a loyal citizen.

based in Chicago or Los Alamos during the war.

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

is to provide a haven for independent minds.

-Abundant? (laughs) -Yes.

(telephones ringing)

Write up your conclusion, send them to the FBI.

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

He mentioned that if anyone

CHARLOTTE: Truman's on the radio.

Without high winds,

the most important man who ever lived.

It's been a long road.

and presenting it as a means to win the war

but the first act of this cold war with Russia.

he demonstrated against Dr. Oppenheimer.

it should settle within two to three miles.

We'll break now,

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

you hit that button, you abort.

But never stopped speaking his mind.

-ROBERT: Yes. -At Los Alamos?

RABI: Nothing to worry about.

It has long been clear to me

(somber music playing)

I'm putting you exclusively on the implosion device.

-Probably. -Find out if he was

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

Of course we'll help you.

That would make no sense at all.

Why won't you fight?

-What part? -The broken heart.

It couldn't hurt.

Strauss told him that you and Ruth Tolman

When I was a kid,

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

I'm a New Deal Democrat.

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

to cross-examination by you, Mr. Garrison.

-after the Russian bomb test? -No.

that he's denied Heisenberg proper resources,

-As he sees it. -I told you,

Nah, no dice. I checked with the British.

but only at the risk of his own life.

They resent anyone who questions their judgment,

while you do this with the AEC.

Hitler's dead, it's true.

I miss Richard more than I can bear.

impractical as they were during the war.

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

Then it's best you get home, cowboys.

You can read this?

(timer ticking)

and Communists was dangerous?

Wouldn't you agree, Doctor?

We join the Party and you can't

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

theoretical physics department.

their petition against bombing Japan.

of a hydrogen bomb on Hiroshima?

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

Look at his record.

policy of neutrality that Communists advocated.

Is light made up of particles or waves?

LAWRENCE: What's it called?

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

There was a recording of the interview.

Doesn't matter who I associate with.

One night, flying back from a raid,

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

GROVES: One final time, our program director,

(stirring music playing)

in the classroom, Oppie.

between the seat cushions.

Is there no way to demonstrate a bomb to Japan

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

I don't know how to say this.

That's the definition of nothing

Oh. Well, how many were killed or injured?

He talks about putting the nuclear genie

(softly): Sorry.

Why would they care what I do?

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

the President of the United States

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

Teller, obviously.

You're happy, I'm happy.

The United Nations as Roosevelt intended.

When are you going to try it out?

(soft music continues)

Okay, hang on, hang on.

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

Another controversy between them centered around

Soviet Communism and Communism?

Do we have the filter papers?

Which physicist?

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

Niels won't work for the Nazis.

Oppenheimer knows how to manipulate his own.

Because somebody gave it to him.

that atomic bomb on the target you selected,

MAN (on speaker): Seventeen, sixteen,

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

Well, somehow I have graduated to housewife.

-(cheering sound returns) -(hearty laughter)

(solemn music playing)

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

in hands which I understand better

Welcome to Los Alamos.

with a profound concern.

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

(stomping intensifying)

and the security apparatus.

Our security was tight,

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

STUDENT 1: Your paper on black holes is in!