oppenheimer's nemesis. late 1953, luis straus, the chairman of the atomic energy commission, orchestrated robert oppenheimer's downfall because of his opposition to the building of the hydrogen bomb. >> so much of strauss's actions in that movie was driven by resentment, wasn't it? resentment of oppenheimer. >> i think resentment underneath it. i just love the idea that a rivalry or a feeling by someone you admire can lead to the kind of actions that occur. >> so you were a biologist. >> i have graduated to high swipe. >> in the summer of 1940, kitty prune he met robert oppenheimer and they had a tense partnership. >> kitty, in the movie, the first half of the movie, you are a holding the martinis or streaming baby. but something remarkable happens in the second half.