- -(clock ticking) jon else: robert oppenheimer was the father of the atomic bomb. he was this complex ball of contradictions. oppenheimer: they are weapons of aggression, of surprise and of terror. richard rhodes: oppenheimer wanted the bomb to be used. how else would the world know what it was? eleanor roosevelt: dr. oppenheimer, are we creating something we may not be able to control? oppenheimer: in a world of atomic weapons, wars will cease. (ticking) newsreel narrator: it is d-minus one for the test of the world s first atomic device. else: this cultured, nonviolent man was responsible for birthing the most violent weapon in human history. and he devoted the rest of his life to trying to control the monster that he had unleashed. oppenheimer: if there is another world war. .this civilization may go under. kai bird: he became a political pariah. edward r. murrow: is it true that humans have already discovered a method of destroying humanity? (cameras clicking) else: and
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and truman interrupts again and says, well, i know. never. at that point, oppie understands that harry truman doesn t understand anything about the physics of this weapon. and oppenheimer, at that point, says exactly the wrong thing. rhodes: he really offended president truman by saying, mr. president, i have blood on my hands. (explosion rumbling) bird: this is exactly the wrong thing to say to the guy who made the decision to drop two such bombs on two japanese cities. he was trying to impress truman. he thought it was something that truman would like to hear, and he got that wrong a lot. i mean, oppenheimer was very charming to a lot of people, but he was often not charming to leaders and people who had power over him. wellerstein: truman didn t believe that anybody s responsibility was greater than his.
and truman interrupts again and says, well, i know. never. at that point, oppie understands that harry truman doesn t understand anything about the physics of this weapon. and oppenheimer, at that point, says exactly the wrong thing. rhodes: he really offended president truman by saying, mr. president, i have blood on my hands. (explosion rumbling) bird: this is exactly the wrong thing to say to the guy who made the decision to drop two such bombs on two japanese cities. he was trying to impress truman. he thought it was something that truman would like to hear, and he got that wrong a lot. i mean, oppenheimer was very charming to a lot of people, but he was often not charming to leaders and people who had power over him. wellerstein: truman didn t believe that anybody s responsibility was greater than his.