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Pbs: American Experience: The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer

Curated by ACT

J. Robert Oppenheimer is credited with the creation of the atomic bomb. But, "The country asked him to do something and he did it brilliantly, and they repaid him for the tremendous job he did by breaking him." This documentary traces the life of this brilliant nuclear physicist to his humiliation for doing a task that he was asked to do. [2:00:00]

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weapons of mass destruction, world war ii
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  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)