Oppenheimer may be the most important physicist to have ever lived, but you can't possibly expect Barbie to compete in that field when she's busy also being a doctor, astronaut, veterinarian, president, model, etc.
Listen here fella, just because Oppenheimer was only ever able to gain expertise inside one field, doesn't mean Barbie's multidisciplinary expertise makes him a less important figure.
If someone didn’t know who Oppenheimer was and wants to watch the movie, this video is such a good synopsis. Helps you better understand the characters.
@@Kewickviper I agree. I like Nolan. But his story-editing style always bugs me. This movie in particular. the scenes move so fast and does not allow audience to digest. I don't like the flash-flash-back thing.
@@Kewickviper Agreed, this video has been on my radar but Ive avoided it due to potential spoilers. I think it would have helped. I also think a quick 5 minute intermission halfway through would have helped my back
@@aizat27m glad I wasn't the only one feeling this. I was constantly trying to understand who is who and what's their connection to whats happening, I wish they gave an intro/background when they introduce characters rather than directly putting us into the scene where they make a huge difference to the story while my ass is trying to figure if I have seen them before or he just walked in. Heck, I didn't remember most of the characters names, it's hard cause english isn't my first language, harder with this type of story telling
It's still pop science. On youtube, production value is inversely correlated with plain theory. It's unavoidable. The story is nice, but compressed like this, it's devoid of the maths and physics that lie behind the analogies. Which is a shame. Would be nice if you could have both.
We saw the last Indiana Jones movie last week and watched the trailer for Barbie. It just might be fun to watch, assuming the trailer gives an honest preview. However, I'm waiting for someone else to give an opinion before I take the time to watch it.
@@ROKuberski here's an opinion: who tf cares about a toy movie? Kids of course I'm sure. But I'm pooping right now and my brown love logs puts my post pussy cart in best.
Yes, absolutely incredible! You don’t see situations like that anymore, and perhaps never again. Even the nature of conducting research, and the way in which significant breakthroughs occur, is quite different today than it was for the most part of the 20th century.
Once this channel became more of a team effort with animations, graphics, and footage rather than selfie narration, it's been non-stop bangers. Keep it going forever
I love the newer videos, but I do sort of miss the old style where it's just him talking about science stuff. highly produced videos feel less genuine and intimate
By the way, it clearly shows that having a good academic mentor is crossing the halfway of a successful academic career. A bad mentor can easily transform a bright student into a soulless, exhausted and depressed walking dead. A good mentor sharpens the student's skills while encouraging and boosting their confidence, advancing through academical success.
The random nature of PhD. Get lucky. And you have a career. Unlucky and you waste 3 years, fall behind you contemporaries in life development, have mental health issues. Fortunately, I just did a BSc, knew I wasn't up to PhD
I'm just an average guy - I go to work everyday, fix the trucks, come home, lather, rinse, repeat...etc etc. I just wanted to say I really enjoy watching your videos. The way you break down history and science is very palatable and easy to understand. I appreciate the time and effort you put into your content. Definitely brain food. Thanks for doing what you do.
Average guy here too. I watch Veritasium, Sabine, Smarter Every Day and a few other science channels. I find that a lot of the details go over my head, but not all of it. I think that it's important that people try.
@@chrisdonovan8795 ABSOLUTELY! It's very important that people try. Most of who I work with **don't**. And thanks for the heads up on the other channels - I'll check them out. Cheers!
I don't know why, but I really like the way you wrote this comment. I am also an average high school student who really wants to be a physicist some day.
@@mmoonchild276 Thanks - and your goal is awesome. If you'll indulge some advice from a 62 yr old - **don't quit learning ***. Stay focused. Do NOT get distracted. I did. A long time ago I had a free ride to a major university and blew it. Way more of a discussion than this comment permits. The point is you have your life in **front** of you. Plan it well. Focus on what you want to do - being a physicist is a great goal. Choose well your daily choices. From the people you allow in your circle, to your daily actions. Many, many distractions will come - it's up to you to bat them away. From bad people, to drugs, to alcohol, to time wasting activities...the list is endless. Stay focused and choose well! You CAN do this.
The second Bhagavadgita meaning he got it wrong. Krishna stops Arjuna from backing off, because not doing the war would be more disastrous than doing the war. And it is the duty of the king to protect the people than protect his family and relatives. When Krishna shows his avatar, he means that all the life thatis living will become one with the god eventually. The people we think friends, relatives, enemies all are part of one entity. It is only our perception (maya) that gets us entangled in these friend enemy relations
In the short term, potential casualties were reduced (putting aside the other reasons for the surrender). In the long term, humans now have the capacity for self-extinction at the push of a button.
@@natchu96 This "capacity for self-extinction" was the reason I found the movie to be especially disturbing. (small spoilers ahead): there was a line in the movie where Oppenheimer mentioned that his inhibitions about the further development of nuclear bombs was because he was worried that the US (altho perhaps simply humanity in general) will always want to use every weapon they have at some point. We've been fortunate so far that no one has pulled that trigger, but the fact that the trigger exists in the first place is terrifying.
My neighborhood grandfather was a student of Oppenheimer. And when we told him a movie was going to be made on Oppenheimer he was happy like a child. In fact he has bought us the tickets as well. Let's hope the movie will be great.. And yes JR Oppenheimer really deserves a movie.
Nit in case people are confused: In the picture at 3:16, Pauli is on the R with Born, but among the pictures at 3:21, the one labelled "Pauli" is actually of John von Neumann. Thanks as always for the wonderful content on Veritasium!
His younger brother Frank (who worked under him on the Manhattan Project) became a science educator, and in 1969 founded the Exploratorium in San Francisco. It's relocated a few times since then - it's located at Pier 15 now - but it remains one of the world's great hands-on science museums. It's a must-see if you're in SF with kids.
I very much enjoyed the movie! Well researched and (mostly) historically accurate. Loved all the famous physicist cameos, and the “stark” contrast between the narcissistic politician and the hyper-fixated scientist. Main critique: I wish there had been a better visual representation of the sheer scale and horrific, species-ending power of the atom bomb… This video had what the movie didn’t, and I thank you for that!
the movie did the explosion well enough, the main historical issue with it is that they didnt even bother credit Stan Ulam for solving the criticallity issue. Hes not even mentioned in the movie at all lol
spoilers below I feel like the bomb scene was more about the characters we got to see each of them and their reactions to seeing their creation and then we only got close ups of the bomb because i'm guessing Nolan's trinity recreation would have looked clearly different to an actual nuclear bomb and not as destructive. For me Opp putting his foot through the burnt corpse was a really powerful moment which showed the power of the bomb. Great film and expertly crafted and that silence on the detonation was one of them moments in cinema history, the whole room dropped into complete silence and nobody was coughing, talking, rustling their popcorn or anything, Nolan had everyone locked in and when the room went dead silent it was amazing.
I agree, the actual explosion was way too underwhelming after the 2 hour build up, it was obvious it was a much smaller, chemical explosion. They shouldve really used CGI instead.
I am 100% glad that I watched this before watching the movie. The movie is absolutely incredible and very information-loaded so the background knowledge in this video helped me keep pace with the movie.
I was wishing the whole movie to see more about the science of the bomb, but I also realize that wasn't really possible and would make it a 5 or 6 hour movie. This video did explain the science part perfectly !
@@spaceknarfSame here, except I think they could’ve at least spent more time explaining what caused a fission reaction and less time on flashing nude sex scenes randomly in front of our faces. Just saying 🤷♂️
>Creates a bomb that can wipe out hundreds of thousands >The bomb is used to wipe out hundreds of thousands >Gets his check from the government >Expresses guilt afterwards His life isn't a beautiful tragedy it's more like a clownfest.
Veritasium's content has always been some of the best on UA-cam (if not, anywhere), but the editing, writing and production quality has skyrocketed in the last few years. I'm going to see Oppenheimer (and Barbie) in a couple of days and this was such a great background on his story. Another stellar documentary, as always.
Just stepped out of the theatre and cannot get my head out of the movie. One of the best film I've watched in years. Worth every second of the 3 hours.
The fact that Oppenheimer translated Gita to his simple words and was reading it apart from his work in the world of physics is somehow mind-blowing for me. I like the fact that he studied our scriptures and was able to introduce it to the world.
Oppenheimer was responsible for his problems He was not a victim as so many people want to believe. Starting in the late 1930’s (probably 1937) Oppenheimer gave $1,000 a year (about $23K in 2023) to the Communist party and finally ceased giving donations in 1942. He also, stupidly, made an enemy of Lewis Strauss by insulting him publicly on more than one occasion. Unfortunately for Oppenheimer, Strauss was both petty and in the position to exact revenge - which he did. It was hardly the "American Government" that went after Oppenheimer, it was Strauss, greatly aided by Edward Teller.
@@buckhorncortezdude tried to poison his tutor and got off with a slap on the wrist because his parents were wealthy, not exactly the stuff heroes are made of
@@henrymerrilees9066 many of scientists working on the Manhattan Project were Stalinist sympathizers, and few were Soviet spies. They expected the bomb to be used against Germany, but after VE-Day, they were hoping for a partition of Japan once the Soviet Union entered that war - similar to Germany. That's when they grew a public conscience.
"I am having a pretty bad time. The lab work is a terrible bore and I am so bad at it that it is impossible to feel that I am learning anything" - Every scientist ever. I swear that feeling is the essence of research.
I love labwork. Just like my boss, who's at a comfy level with his publication score. He will still go for any chance to play with clear liquids in tiny tubes... but we are both very well aware of the fact that we are weirdos. Even within our institute we are the two strange guys, sitting in dark offices in the basement... always close to our precious imaging equipment. The fact that it took me years to find someone who felt the same glee as I do during lab work just proves your very point.
I actually quit physics in uni in favour of math due to the bore that lab work was. And I loved physics. I have hated math all my life. Never would have pictured myself with a math degree.
That's what makes his case so interesting though...He was obviously tortured by the device he helped create but at the same time, he was a scientist and he wanted his efforts and his theories to be proven and to work. He must have been very torn between these two feelings.
@@iitzfizz The ppl who were truly torn are lost to history because they made the correct choice. Oppenheimer is not a hero..at all. He was as "tortured" as Taylor Swift is in her latest album...
@penguin902 What an incredibly reductive way of thinking about it. I'm pretty sure the man who sent the entire world into a new, terrifying age of weapons technology and was immediately responsible for a device that killed 100s of thousands within the day, had more of a struggle with his own morals than a pop star musician whose biggest dilemma is her romantic relationships
@@iitzfizz Movie actually showed it quite well, they captured that part of him well, how he struggled between two sides, being constantly challenged by authorities on this.
Alan Turing vibes. Its an unfortunate trend For those who don't know, he was gay, fathered computer science and probably brought an end (or an earlier one) to ww2, and then was jailed afterwards for being gay and killed himself in prison.
Medical professionals who worked through the pandemic but wished to maintain their own medical liberty refer to your statement as "hero's to zeros". Crazy world.
Fun fact: my PhD supervisor was Prof. |rwin Oppenheim, who studied at Caltech as a grad student, under John G. Kirkwood, in the late 40s/early 50s, when J.R. Oppenheimer was there. Once he told me that their similar names caused trouble at the internal post-office, so that, sometimes, both of them had to meet to return each other letters! 😀 That is how he met Oppenheimer.
One of the best videos I have seen in a long time. The story of Oppenheimer is truly one that sheds a light on the brutal nature of humanity. The way this story was narrated was extremely immersive and informative. Thank you for putting out such content.
Amazing video! Clear, interesting storytelling, easy to understand, there is visual aid in form of pictures and of course there’s the animation! You deserve every view and more
The way Albert Einstein approached the apparent improbability of achieving controlled fission is fitting of a scientific approach. He wasn't saying that controlled fission was impossible, unlike Rutherford. He was saying that he couldn't see the possibility of it being achievable. His words ("it would mean the atom would have to be shattered at will") show that he was open to the possibility. That is how a man of science should speak.
im an auto tech, not a physicist, but i have taken to hedging whenever it is convenient. "appears to be" is a much preferred option to "is" unless the issue is quite obvious.
@@ERMOONSaladino3he didnt even mention his childhood though, if I can recall, he started at Oppenheimers college years. You typically do not consider that childhood.
since it is a movie in the year 2023...i highly doubt that it will be close to reality. oppenheimer will be swapped by a strong independent black woman, fighting against white supremacy. oppenheimer itself will be the sidekick that will become a nazi. because men are equal to bad. there is no such thing as good movies in 2023.
My great grandmother used to talk about living near where they tested the bombs. She described how if they tested at night the whole town would suddenly light up like it was in the middle of the day. It's so hard to imagine what that was like
My grandma once told me a story of when she was a little girl driving through the South of Nevada with her parents and siblings. She doesn't remember exactly what time it was, but it was late at night with nothing to see for miles in all directions. They knew beforehand that there was going to be a bomb test as it was announced over the radio, but what they didn't expect was what sight they'd see. Suddenly and without warning, a great white and yellow light came over the horizon from the Southeast, slowly fading to orange and red but all the while illuminating the landscape all around them. What was only a few seconds beforehand an endless black void was suddenly recognizable as if the sun had come up. Her parents pulled the car over and looked towards the light, staring in awe for about fifteen minutes as the light shone. As they were getting back in the car, they heard the faint rumble of what must have been the detonation, a full fifteen minutes after they saw the flash. Now I don't know how far they were from the bomb, I know that sound travels slower than light, and I know that fifteen minutes seems like an unusually long time. I'm just going off what my grandma told me, and it's completely possible that her sense of time in that memory has been warped over the years, or was possibly warped in the moment considering what she witnessed. Either way, her story has always stuck with me.
As a scientist with a strong background in physics, physical chemistry, biology and genetics, I can defintely say that Derek Muller's work in popularizing science is the best. I always learn something new by watching his episodes, and every time he and his team do a marvelous work explaining complex concepts and providing an interesting historical perspective. This time it was a top-notch content again. I truly admire your work, Derek!
Small correction: The Bhagvad Gita wasn't translated to English by Bob, but by his tutor at UC Berkeley, Arthur Ryder. The original Sanskrit version says "Kaal". Kaal means Time. Context: In the battle of Mahabharata, on the battlefield, the prince Arjuna felt helpless on seeing his loved ones on the other side of the battlefield. He knew his battle skills & thought that while fighting his own cousins & teachers, he'd end up killing them or at least severely injuring them. This threw him into a dilemma (much like what Oppenheimer faced after the nuclear tests). His charioteer, Krishna, tried to motivate him, but in vain. In a sort of last ditch attempt, Krishna who is actually the avatar of Lord Vishnu, took the form of his Eternal Self, as Lord Vishnu, and recited the Gita to Arjuna, telling him how he needs to do his duties because He i.e. God, intended it that way. Lord Vishnu's detailed advice is what the Bhagvad Gita basically is. This dialogue that has now become world famous, appears in Chapter 11, verse 32. In it, Vishnu says he's 'Kaal', or Time... contextually meaning, the Time-Spirit. What he meant to tell Arjuna was He is Time, and Time comes for all. Time is actually the ultimate destroyer. Think about it .. every second we waste, is a second destroyed & never coming back. What Vishnu meant to convey to Arjuna was, whether you do your duties or no, Time finally comes for us all, so keep doing your duties to the best of your abilities & let Time take care of everything else. This 'Kaal' was wrongly translated by Oppenheimer's tutor Ryder, as 'Death'. It should actually mean, "I am the Time-Spirit, the destroyer of worlds."
@@viraa376 Everyone who reads the Gita thinks of themselves as Arjun. Even Oppenheimer took to the Gita only when he was thrown into this dilemma, of his very important & scientific invention as a weapon against humanity. No one thinks of themselves as Ashwatthama, because however skilled of a warrior he was, he was still on the bad side. Oppenheimer being Ashwatthama is from your frame of reference. I meant to clarify the mistake of translation because Robert thought of himself as Death, instead of Time. While time would've anyway devoured the Japanese citizens, they certainly would've had much more honourable/bearable deaths than the one they, and their generations later on, had to endure. Also, Robert did oppose the use of nuclear weapons later, so the actual people who should be saddled with guilt are the American military generals & the President who ordered the attacks & not Oppenheimer who merely discovered the reactions & it's applications.
@@viraa376 Not a direct comparison though. Oppenheimer opposed his own govt because of the actions they were going to take. That is what riddled him with guilt. Ashwatthama didn't question anything. In fact, he even broke the then rules of war, which were to not fight after sunset, and burnt tents of the sons of the Pandavas in the middle of the night. The entire movie is about how Oppenheimer is second-guessing & regretting his decisions to help the US military. But I'd stop at this, because we seem to be veering away from the main point.
@@viraa376 Oh no...i didn't meant to be snarky. I just meant we'd be filling the comment section with absolute tangents if we keep that discussion on, that's it. Also, I'm an Indian who read mythology as an interest since I was a kid. I don't think i believe in any of the Gods stuff though. I treat it merely as great stories that were crafted to pass on important lessons to the future generations.
Ang video na ito ay talagang kaakit-akit at informative! Talagang nagawa nitong ibahin ang takbo ng kasaysayan at walang duda na si J. Robert Oppenheimer ang pinakamahalagang pisiko na nabuhay. Salamat sa Wren para sa pag-sponsor ng bahagi ng video na ito at sa pagkakataong offset ang ating carbon footprint. Kung gusto niyo pong malaman pa ang tungkol kay Oppenheimer, malakas akong nagrerekomenda ng aklat na "American Prometheus" ni Kai Bird at Martin Sherwin. Ito ay isang kamangha-manghang libro na talagang karapat-dapat sa Pulitzer prize na natanggap nito.
The discoverer of the neutron was Sir James Chadwick who was just mentioned at the beginning of this narrative. With this discovery, Enrico Fermi went out and bought all kinds of samples of elements to bombard them with neutrons and while so doing discovered the concept of neutron moderators. It is interesting how a huge amount of basic research for the Manhattan project was done by either the boys from the Via Panisperna (a school founded by Orso Corbino comprising Fermi, Majorana, Pontecorvo, Segrè, Amaldi and others) and the Martians from from Hungary (Von Newman, Leo Szilard, Wigner, Ed Teller and so on). One final postscript. In 2022 the secretary of energy finally issued a statement clearing Oppenheimer's name and nullified the decision to revoke his security clearance. He and all his colleagues (save for Klaus Fuchs) were hard working geniuses who did not spy against the US and its interests.
Couldn't imagine being in Oppenheimer's position. Imagine how impossible the decision was to produce a weapon that will wipe out that many lives and how that would haunt you for the rest of your life
Honestly, it has wiped out FAR FAR LESS people than it easily could have if the US and Russia had started to lob them at each other in the 60s. By then, bombs were way way more powerful, and they would be targeting areas with far higher populations. Instead of 200-300k dead, it would be tens or even hundreds of millions dead.
I frequently watch a wide array of UA-cam content, encompassing educational channels, tech enthusiasts, coding tutorials, gaming communities, and more. However, Veritasium has undeniably emerged as my absolute favorite in recent times. The exceptional quality of production, storytelling, and overall composition displayed in their videos is truly awe-inspiring.. You make a 33 minutes video feel so immersive and captivating that in a moment it produced me goosebumps. Congratulations to you Derek and your team. Whatever you are doing behind scenes is working incredibly.
My Aunt and Uncle were both Chemical Engineers who worked at Oak Ridge here in TN WITH Oppenheimer on the Manhattan Project. They died before I could talk to them about this, but her brother, my Uncle Keith (rip) was an electrical engineer who worked at McDonnell-Douglas in the '70s and designed the original electrical systems on the first space shuttle. My friend David Krumholtz played the Rabi in this movie, so it's special to me on several levels!
@parthibbiswas3730 Yes. I have worked in network television, so I have many friends in the industry. He's one of the most versatile actors I have ever seen and one of the nicest guys out there. He's one of the "good ones".
I grew up living five minutes away from where Fermi built that first reactor. Today it is a huge forest preserve but if you hike into the forest you can find a big clearing of trees and a huge giant stone on the ground that says “DO NOT DIG” with stone markers marking a radius where the reactor is buried. Go and look it up, it’s called “Red Gate Woods”.
Fun fact: Luis Alvarez, along with his son Walter Alvarez, also later developed the theory of how a huge asteroid struck the Earth at the northern tip of the Yucatan Peninsula that lead to the extinction of non-bird dinosaurs, as well as the end of the Cretaceous Period.
I love history and this dudes breaks it DOWN. I watched Oppenheimer but was confused most of the movie, this definitely gave me some clarity on some scenes from the movie. Great video bro!
It was near zero. They said the same when they first used the large hadron collider to try and create God particles. Some scientists believed there was a near zero chance they could create a black hole which would keep eating matter until it swallowed the earth. Didn't happen obviously but some believed theoretically it was possible at the time.
they calculated on the extreme end, so extreme that it would barely be possible to achieve, and it still wasn’t possible at that point. it was only a passing concern and they thoroughly explored it enough that it was certain there was no possibility of it happening, at least not without more than impossible variables. the concern has always just been exaggerated through time. they apparently even joked about it after proving it couldn’t happen
It's not that simple. At that point, everyone was worried that if they don't do it, their enemies will. Oppenheimer himself was aware of the potential of his work, but decided it was the better of the evils he will have to choose from.
Did not watch Oppenheimer yet but I feel this is the best introductory material that I could possibly want. Didn't know how ingenious the construction of the bomb was, and how they carried out the experiments even with the possibility of destroying the planet. Fascinating and terrifying.
This video covers all of the high level issues in the movie but the movie itself shows the interplay and interactions between multiple scientific geniuses and the conflicting emotions and ideas they had which is a fantastic backstory. The one thing not well explained is that Neils Bohr was spirited away from the Nazis probably only days before he would have been captured and employed by them on their own atomic bomb program.
My great grandfather was a part of the first expedition to where Little Boy was detonated. My family was never able to get him to talk much about what he saw there. he was sent there only three days after the bomb exploded. One of the only times my family was able to get him to talk about it, he said the following (paraphrased): “… walking along what I can only assume to have once been a neighborhood, I saw a black dog crawling towards us. Only after several long moments did I see that it was not a dog at all. It was a human woman, burned black by the heat of the explosion. She died but a few seconds after this realization.” many years later, and I am here with my mother, who suffers from an autoimmune disease. My family has no history of any disease of this type, but similar issues, though not diagnosed, have plagued my grandmother and a few of her children. I know that as I age, I will likely develop one or more of these symptoms, which seem to all point to the same conclusion: that the radiation my great grandfather was exposed to all those years ago had caused genetic mutations. My mother also had a personal friend whose grandmother was on a ferry going to Hiroshima as the bomb exploded. I was once good friends with her granddaughter my mother taught her mother, English, and while her lessons were going on, I would, without speaking much, play with her for hours. It is terrible to think that she almost didn't exist at all.
You guys are so good. Derek, you and your cohorts have become amazing storytellers. You had the gift early on but now your work is just enthralling. Glad to have witnessed the progression over these many years.
Dear Derek, you have no idea how much you've helped me change my perspective towards physics, I mean I was just a typical 12 grader who had taken physics and was completely overwhelmed by how weird the calculations and the formulae and everything in general was untill I came across your videos. I used to hate physics from the bottom of my heart. Because ofc I never understood anything it all seemed so irrelevant and out of the world. But you have brought me to the other side of the river, I now can't help myself want more of physics related information input. I now find myself reading entire units from my school textbooks without someone forcefully asking me to do it. Istg Physics is so much fun and it is only felt once you fall in love with it. I am heartily grateful to you and your team for contributing in the making of a 'physics concious me'. I look forward to pursue a degree in physics and become a scientist. THANKS AGAIN
Learn calculus if you want to understand basic physics. Although if you get the liking of it, then maybe physics wont be as interesting, because it really is just applied mathematics...
I have to commend you for hiring actual artists for this piece. I am too often disappointment when I see influencers I've watched for years turn to AI. Keep up the great work as always, and thanks for supporting artists :)
@@Ratigan2 quality content and allowing these artists to keep doing what they are doing is more important than working faster. I love AI, and I think it is the future, but I believe that creative endeavors like art and music should not be done by AI as it dehumanizes art, even though art was a form of showing and expressing our creative thoughts, as humans. I would rather have a video with art created by humans to come out later than have it come out faster but with AI art.
Everything about this video is just perfect, the illustrations, the way the story is told, the explanation of how things worked and how accurate the history is conveyed. Thanks Derek, you got me interested in such topics more than I ever was.
The 'bouncing leg' animation was a *perfect* way to convey nervousness/anxiety. So much so that I picked up on it before Derek's words conveying the same thing. -chef's kiss-
In fact, in the Teller-Ulam configuration of hydrogen bombs, there is a sizeable amount of U-238 in the bomb that becomes fissionable due to the fast neutrons. Apparently it can add up to 50% of the energy yield of the bomb. Not an expert, just something I have read.
Atomic Science has been an _unofficial_ Hobby for several years now and I have watched *Many* Presentations on how Fission works but this has just become by far the clearest presentation so far! (Subscribed!)
This video elevates the movie even more. Seeing this video after the film clears up so many questions i still had and prepares me well for when I see it another time
My Dad worked at Oakridge on separating Ur. He also, as a civil engineer, was 10 miles away from the Marshal Islands when the H bomb was tested. My Dad never wanted to talk about his experiences and we all respected his wishes.
@@TabBuddie Yes. He was 10 miles away. The blast was stronger than they predicted because of some effect of lithium that was not factored into the blast strength.
@@dennisvanoord3278 No. He lived to 83 and never had cancer. He was lucky. At Oakridge, he worked on the design of the gas diffusion pump. His role was minor but he never, to the best of my knowledge, was in the building that contained the diffusion process. Sad so many people got cancer from the Manhatten project.
There was another important reason why Groves chose Oppenheimer, Groves was 100% sure that RO would press on relentless as if fighting for his own life in the race against the Germans.Funny that this was never mentioned in this very good summary but was an important factor in the movie!
Oppenheimer was born into a Jewish family. Pretty sure it'd make alot of sense to have a famous Jewish scientist to lead the project as it was basically him contributing to the fight against the anti-semetic Nazism
Just a side note: Oppenheimer's "Death destroyer of all worlds" was referencing a work about fulfilling your duties as required no matter how horrible. So contextually I think it's about the terrible philosophical dilemma he faced. The prince in the story does not want to fight for what is rightfully his position, against his cousins. He speaks of the sorrow at fighting friends, his mentors, etc. But Vishnu keeps trying to convince him it is his responsibility to lead men, to see men die, and to govern. Finally near the end Vishnu takes on that ultimate horrible all powerful form causing the prince to become enlightened/humbled, able to bear his duties. Per wikipedia: "The Bhagavad Gita is set in a narrative framework of dialogue between the Pandava prince Arjuna and his charioteer guide Krishna, an avatar of lord Vishnu. At the start of the Kurukshetra War between the Pandavas and the Kauravas, Arjuna despairs thinking about the violence and death the war will cause in the battle against his kin and becomes emotionally preoccupied with a dilemma.[3] Wondering if he should renounce the war, Arjuna seeks the counsel of Krishna, whose answers and discourse constitute the Bhagavad Gita. Krishna counsels Arjuna to "fulfil his Kshatriya (warrior) duty" for the upholdment of dharma.[4] The Krishna-Arjuna dialogue covers a broad range of spiritual topics, touching upon moral and ethical dilemmas, and philosophical issues that go far beyond the war that Arjuna faces.[1][5][6] The setting of the text in a battlefield has been interpreted as an allegory for the struggles of human life."
The editing and writing are both definitely impeccable, but Derek's narration is what makes it go that extra mile. I have been watching Derek since his earlier youtube days. those days there were not many science channels, I had to cling on to discovery or NAT or somethin' somethin'. Derek's simple explanation of basic principles, even though I knew all about it, made me watch it through his eyes. Today, of course, there's a whole MCN team working behind the videos, more polished and professional, yet, Derek's way of explaining, still remains in parts.. Kudos
I was his teacher when he was a young boy and can tell you, he ain't lying if he says he's gotta poop. My classroom was it's own nuclear waddle zone for a week after one indent. 1
I watched this and oher videos before the movie. To me the movie made so much sense cause of it including all the scenes I would not have understood other wise ( much of the beginning)
When the news media mistakenly thought Alfred Nobel had died, they published an article labeling him as the marchant of death for his invention of dynamite. He sought to erase his tainted legacy by donating his amassed wealth to those who helped humanity become better. Awarding Oppenheimer the Noble Prize when he quoted that he has become the death, the destroyer of worlds, what Alfred sought to erase from his name, would have been very ironic.
Wish I could pin this to the top. It was a Nobel Peace Prize, though I could see how many would interpret the work of Oppenheimer and team as a peace project considering the losses we had sustained in the island hopping campaigns up till that point.
@@NONO-hz4vo Which is rather stupid because that mushroom cloud only instilled hatred and fear that would come back to bite our asses, and the scars of war still lingering. If ending the war is all what peace means, sure, I guess, mass extinction would also be valid.
@@NONO-hz4vo I see how people could interpret it as a peace project since it marked the end of that war, but retrospectively can we call it a peace project if the blood of the innocents but not the warlords was spilled to obtain it? As I see it, it was a project whose primary purpose was to invoke unimaginable fear to the enemy to bring them to their knees. In the history of mankind, a cruel bomb was used, and there was no way for any nation to have stood against it. Such "Peace" brought by destruction can only last for a fleeting moment until someone else makes an even bigger stick. That's human nature.
It wasnt the only time when the wrong person got the prize. Rosalind Franklin never got a nobel prize. in 1909 marconi, a thief got a nobel prize for "inventing" the radio which was invented years before independently by Oliver Lodge, Nikola Tesla and John Stone.
There's no question when watching interview footage of Oppenheimer that he feels the weight of everything he has done. If the movie captures half the gravity of the actual footage it will be powerful stuff.
I haven't seen all the interview footage. But the movie does a very good job of conveying this. It focuses a very significant amount of time to the weight, and the moral complexities of the subject. One of may favorite parts also focuses on the weight of his work and his understanding of that weight, and his concerns for the future.
I strenuously disagree that oppenhiemer regretted his actions in the way some want to portray. He sounds like a bit of a narssissist that people simply made excuses for, such as buying off criminal charges after assaulting his teacher trying to poison him simply because little oppy felt so repressed at school. And all of his talk during a few interviews that may have sort of sounded regretful or warry of nuclear weapons? It sounds like the standard 'pacify the public to avoid the frankenstien principle so the villagers dont come after me with pickforks after I make a monster". People pointed out he stayed in contact with pro nuclear forces and could have actually taken actions to support elements trying to back anti proliferation groups and others of a similar ilk and according to some never did.
One day I found a book written by Oppenheimer and tried to read it. I say "tried" because the whole book was a mish-mash of strea mof consciousness type stuff, none of which I found comprehensible. The book was completely unreadable. Even though none of it was complicated theory or calculations, naturally I blamed myself for being too stupid to understand it, but now I'm not so sure. The man's brain worked on a completely different wavelength than mine or anybody else I know.
I would have liked to see little more focus on Leo Szilard, since in addition to theorizing fission, collaborating with Fermi on nuclear reactor and convincing Einstein to sign the letter that ultimately led to the Manhattan project, he also started a petition signed by over 70 scientists addressed to president Truman to demonstrate the capabilities of the nuclear bomb to Japan and negotiate a surrender instead of actually using the bomb. The petition was suppressed by the military. After the war he started pursuing biology instead of physics.
Yes. I can't imagine how Szilard must have felt when he realized Germany was nowhere close to building a bomb. "Szilárd asked his friend and fellow physicist, Edward Teller, to help circulate the petition at Los Alamos in the hopes of recruiting more signatures. However, Teller first brought Szilárd's request to Los Alamos director J. Robert Oppenheimer, who told Teller that politicians in Washington were already weighing the issue and that the lab scientists would do better to stay out of it. Thus, no new signatures for the petition were collected at Los Alamos."
@@davidshi451 Teller later backstabbed Oppenheimer when he refused to push for the funding and creation of the hydrogen bomb(the Super). People don't seem to realize just how fanatical Teller really was, he was obsessed with nuclear weapons and he even backed and supported the military's push for orbital weapons platforms in the 1980s called the Strategic Defense Initiative(Star Wars).
The production value of Veritasium videos has improved to an insane level over the years. This is so informative, inspiring, and fascinating. Great timing too, one day after the Trinity Test, before the opening weekend of Nolan’s feature film named Oppenheimer.
Thank you so much for this video. I've recently accepted a full-time role at Los Alamos National Lab, and I think it's important to do research and understand the history and implications of the work I will be completing. I'm very excited by the culture of the laboratory and the ability to help through my role with the different failsafes and safety measures that are being put in place for the nuclear weapons that already exist, and it's been interesting to continue to research the different projects that the lab is working on after the war!
I watched Oppenheimer after seeing this video. It felt like i am watching this same video just with some cinematic touch. This video provide a good context to the movie.
@@mehudon13nothing spoiled, some ppl prolly wouldn't even get the movie w/o basic homework, its about the cinematic experience to watch the film rather than the story everybody knows.
i watched the movie just yesterday and this is such a wonderful completetion of it! While the movie concentrates more on the emotions of Oppenheimer, the meetings where he was humiliated that were organized by Strauss and the result itself, this video tells more about how the bombs actually work, what happened after the war and how the Soviet Union created their own bomb (this was not in the movie at all). Combined, the movie and this video make a great history and physics lesson, so thank you so much for making it!
There is a scene in the movie where they discuss Soviet Union's creation of their own bomb. Remember, they had the filter paper from the B-29 to prove it was a similar plutonium implosion device created at the Los Alamos lab.
@@jwdundon Nah - there's a lot of paranoid nutjobs out there with underground bunkers. These chosen ones will emerge from the ashes, breed, and create a new super-paranoid version of humans. This new iteration of humanity will create bunkers underneath their bunkers... just to be on the safe side.
I mean he was quoting the Hindu Scripture "The Bhagwat Gita". When, the protagonist who is a charioteer and his chariot driver is God himself shows the protagonist who he is amidst nuclear or as the scripture says- "PARMANU" where "param" means ultimate and "anu" means particle, explosions are taking place.
TBH even Oppenheimer mentions that he is about to quote bhagwad gita, before he said the line its a favorite funfact I really love, that Oppenheimer probably read at least a small portion of the bhagwad gita
I really really hope that Andrei Sakharov also receives his own movie someday. His story is VERY VERY similar to Oppenheimer's one and he is one of the most important people in Europe's history. He even received a Nobel Peace Prize for his work on preventing the usage of Nuclear Weapons. He also founded "Memorial" - a Human Rights organisation that also received a Nobel Peace Prize just a year ago. Sadly, his legacy is getting censored, destroyed and forgotten in his home country - Russia. Two men who changed the world forever - they both deserve to be remembered.
It's always great to see those who are capable of noticing advantages and merits of other people despite their color skin, religion beliefs, attitude to policy and its. Their contribution is unvalued in terms of unthinkable amount of scientific fields covered by results of their recearch.
Sakharov is just overhyped..! Yes, he was genius physicist, but he was barely present as a young student in the first soviet atomic bomb! And even the fusion bomb from what I have read is not his master stroke. Kurchatov on the other hand, is the perfect mirror image of the Oppenheimer…
@@stormtrooper9404 Just glad to hear someone who knows who those guys are. A couple of streets in my city are named in honor of them. Nowadays unfortunately not so many native citizens know who they were and what they brought to the table as well as others famous scientists around the world in terms of merits.
“More than 95% killed were civilians” that hits differently and all the science just went away for a moment. Wonderful narration. Kudos. Yet to watch the movie. Glad I landed here earlier.
Oh Derek, you are such a wonderful orator. This kept me on my seat throughout the 30 minutes. Now, I guess you should continue your passion for movie making. This was awesome, especially with the haricut graphics.
Claiming to be a "Destroyer of worlds" without having destroyed a single world is quite pretentious. I know his accomplishments, but making such a statement makes him sound that he is full of himself. Not that i want the world to be destroyed. Like, if Alexander Fleming declared himself to be a savior of millions after having done so, then that is warranted.
I worked for 40 years as an aerospace engineer (recently retired) and have always been fascinated by the development of the atomic/hydrogen bomb. This video was of absolutely outstanding quality, I’ve liked and subscribed. Thank you!
Exciting story, I can't help but think about how a simple discovery can open up new possibilities. Teleportation and time travel seem impossible today, but just as the discovery of the neutron made it possible to extract energy from atoms, the discovery of a new particle today may also allow the "impossible".
The last part of trial against Oppei was worst. He dedicated his life for this project and to protect his country, and this is how the country's politicians repay him. He was also alleged to be a Soviet spy. His life was torn apart in front of his wife and fellow colleagues. And the person responsible for this was Lewis Strauss, who wanted a pay back from Oppei.
This is what they do with Assange now. He fought for truth, transperancy and freedom of speech but now the real war criminals are keeping him in prison...
Of course after this Struas didnt get his appointment. In part becuase of Kennedy. I know they didn't take about that for long but the movie presents it like Kennedy was swayed by Hills testimony. So in the end (from the movies perspective) Strauss's vindictive nature lead to the end of both of tiier careers.
Nolan has made one of the most important films of the century! It's impossible to comprehend just how much influence Oppenheimer has had over the modern world we live in.
@@giannisksanthopoulos4300 Did you just casually say BILLIONS of people? you do realize that 1 billion people is like 12.5% of all humans (as of 2022), let alone BILLIONS. Child trafficking is tragic, but I think the influence in our world regarding Oppenheimer and nuclear weapons is greater than child trafficking. And number 2, it wasn't just a "guy who built a bomb", it was a whole team of people, doing never done before research in some aspects, fearing that the entire atmosphere would ingulf in flames, killing everyone on the world. 600,000 people worked on the Manhattan project to be exact. I will say Sound of Freedom is a great movie with a great message, but nuclear warfare is something far far worse then child trafficking could ever dream of.
Dieser Kanal hat mir mehr Physik beigebracht als alle meine Physiklehrer zusammen. Dass ich nebenbei auch noch mein Englischvokabular erweitere, rechtfertigt es für mich irgendwie, diese Videos zu bingen 😁
25:45 Here is the original context: Lord Krishna imparted this "absolute" knowledge to his disciple Arjun in the middle of the battle field which is mentioned in the epic Mahabharat, perhaps the biggest war ever. Arjun was distraught that he was standing on the opposite side to his family whom he had to slay including the eldest surviving member, Bhishma. Arjun was the dearest to Bhishma. Mahabharat is a battle that takes place everyday within ourselves and within the world. Everyday we are faced with uncertainty of life, everyday we are faced to take decisions that may not always be in our or somebody else's favor. Arjun was a great warrior and his arrows never missed the target. Krishna apprised Arjun about all his births; past, present and possible future ones, and told him that he was holding on to relationships ("all") that bears no meaning in the grand scheme of things. Arjun was still not convinced and it is then that Krishna threatened Arjun that he too didn't mean much when it came to protecting the dharma, and it is then that Krishna introduced Arjun to his "maha-swarup", or the great form where the dance of creation and destruction takes place and that form was: the Creator (Bhrahma), the Sustainer (Vishnu), and the Destroyer (Shiva or Mahesh). Krishna also told Arjun nothing moves without his permission. So lament not and perform your duty to protect the dharma, and dharma only. The usual pursuant of Gita wants to understand forms of materialism and the absolute, the divine consciousness that is attached to no religion nor any philosophy; it just is. Krishna never considered himself a god but part of the divine consciousness that he realized. It is us who made him into a god. BTW, only a few warriors in Mahabharat had the privilege to posses Bhramastra or the divine weapon. Brahmastra could destroy the universe, hence only the most responsible were given the knowledge how to use it. It is probably why Oppenheimer felt compelled to draw parallels between the two situation.
@@NicolastheThird-h6m From what is understood, it was even more powerful than a nuclear weapon; something that could destroy the whole universe and hence the exclusivity. Towards the end of the war, one of the warriors, Ashwathama out of his greed and final attempt to the win the war, but mostly to avenge the death of his father (Guru Drona, the teacher who trained all of these warriors), released the weapon to finish the last generation of Arjun's lineage (Uttara, Arjun's son's wife was in labor at the time). It was then that the great Sage Vyasa and Krishna who intervened to stop the weapon. Vyasa severely reprimands Ashwathama for releasing such a weapon just to fulfill a materialistic desire. Krishna too was severely reprimanded by Vyasa for letting Ashwathama get that far. There is a bit more to this but trying not to lay everything here. Couple of things stand out: 1) Krishna while divine, was bounded by the laws of materialistic world and didn't/couldn't overstep that law - pretty evident by Vyasa, the supreme Sage alive who reprimanded Krishna and demanded an answer. 2) The mention of energy weapon that could in effect destroy everything.
this guy basically just compressed the Oppenheimer movie into a 30min documentary and released it a few days before the movie release. mad man.
Now I can go and see the Barbie movie with a clear conscience.
Noice, now I can skip it and watch Barbie instead
actually it's around 4 hours before my city's first screening
yeah he didn't even put spoiler alert
I live in New Mexico and the locals are super crazy. Way more than normal! People in New Mexico have some serious mental and physical health issues.
So nice of Veritasium to put the entire Oppenheimer movie on UA-cam for free.
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Having only now learnt of Oppenheimer's full story, I have no wish to watch the movie.
Imagine sitting down in an IMAX theater and they just play this video 😂
@@marcsimmonds5483 There will be real atomic explosion demonstrations in each theater
@@theussmirage I wouldn't even be mad tbh. IDK about whoever I'm there with though...
Oppenheimer may be the most important physicist to have ever lived, but you can't possibly expect Barbie to compete in that field when she's busy also being a doctor, astronaut, veterinarian, president, model, etc.
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Listen here fella, just because Oppenheimer was only ever able to gain expertise inside one field, doesn't mean Barbie's multidisciplinary expertise makes him a less important figure.
Cilian Murphy's resemblance to Oppenheimer is crazy
The writing, the storytelling, the composition is impeccable. Another home run Veritasium team.
Yes video the the amazing. Watching from Saudi Arabia.I am infertile from eating scented candles (English not primary)
@@lpc9929 uh, TMI?
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Well there's at least one thing he got wrong. Pile-1 was under a squash court not a football field.
I am not down bad, but I would watch a serious movie that has a uwu Easter egg as a joke. Even if it costs like $50 to go watch.
If someone didn’t know who Oppenheimer was and wants to watch the movie, this video is such a good synopsis. Helps you better understand the characters.
Yeah I wish I'd watched this before going to see the movie. The movie doesn't explain who anyone is really.
@@Kewickviper I agree. I like Nolan. But his story-editing style always bugs me. This movie in particular. the scenes move so fast and does not allow audience to digest. I don't like the flash-flash-back thing.
@@Kewickviper Agreed, this video has been on my radar but Ive avoided it due to potential spoilers. I think it would have helped. I also think a quick 5 minute intermission halfway through would have helped my back
@@aizat27yeah that was my only real complaint about the movie. I didn’t know much of the history so the fast pacing had me somewhat lost at times
@@aizat27m glad I wasn't the only one feeling this. I was constantly trying to understand who is who and what's their connection to whats happening, I wish they gave an intro/background when they introduce characters rather than directly putting us into the scene where they make a huge difference to the story while my ass is trying to figure if I have seen them before or he just walked in. Heck, I didn't remember most of the characters names, it's hard cause english isn't my first language, harder with this type of story telling
I think this is where Veritasium shines the best: by making science history videos. They're so fascinating and well made.
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Yepp, would like to see documentations about Heisenberg, Wernher von Braun, Euler, Gauss and so on...
It's still pop science. On youtube, production value is inversely correlated with plain theory. It's unavoidable. The story is nice, but compressed like this, it's devoid of the maths and physics that lie behind the analogies. Which is a shame. Would be nice if you could have both.
Play by play 😆😆😆
His thesis was actually on making videos about science, so good call.
"Now I am become Veritasium, the element of truth"
I just now realized this!
Blew my mind!
Me either.:)
Sorry but veritasium believes men can be women. Lost all scientific credibility.
Why did he say now I " am" become death, Instead of now I " have" become death.
I’m now patiently waiting for Derek to explain why Barbie deserves her own movie.
We saw the last Indiana Jones movie last week and watched the trailer for Barbie. It just might be fun to watch, assuming the trailer gives an honest preview. However, I'm waiting for someone else to give an opinion before I take the time to watch it.
@@ROKuberski here's an opinion: who tf cares about a toy movie? Kids of course I'm sure. But I'm pooping right now and my brown love logs puts my post pussy cart in best.
Margot Robbie is reason enough!
@@manilkasheran2934 I would bear that woman's children myself.
When I googled the movie my screen turned pink and filled with fireworks.
It’s absolutely crazy that all the big physicists from that era studied at the same place
Yes, absolutely incredible! You don’t see situations like that anymore, and perhaps never again. Even the nature of conducting research, and the way in which significant breakthroughs occur, is quite different today than it was for the most part of the 20th century.
Kinda like how all the Supreme Court justices need to attend Harvard or Yale Law. Hmmm.
Or that the physicist elsewhere just didn't get attention
Where?
@@mauicountygis5450 Those aren't important people with any real skill, we are talking about stem not some social science politico frauds.
Once this channel became more of a team effort with animations, graphics, and footage rather than selfie narration, it's been non-stop bangers. Keep it going forever
Man i was a teenager when this channel started. Now im 33😂
I couldn't disagree more. This channel has gone straight down the toilet.
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It's not a team effort, it's just money paying people to do things
I love the newer videos, but I do sort of miss the old style where it's just him talking about science stuff. highly produced videos feel less genuine and intimate
Thank you Derek. You are the BEST thing on UA-cam. Keep up the amazing work.
Hope he will noice this donation
well being a 15 yrs old i cant pay him but i can appreciate you
Yeah, it’d be so cool if Oppenheimer got his own movie…
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Yeah. I wish someone like Christopher Nolan would direct it.
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Yea… too bad we got Barbenheimer instead
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By the way, it clearly shows that having a good academic mentor is crossing the halfway of a successful academic career. A bad mentor can easily transform a bright student into a soulless, exhausted and depressed walking dead. A good mentor sharpens the student's skills while encouraging and boosting their confidence, advancing through academical success.
moral of the story: having a good teacher leads you to want to create a weapon of mass destruction
@@youraveragepasser-by7367bad teacher: get killed himself.
Good teacher: 200.000 get killed
@@youraveragepasser-by7367 I disagree and for your insolence I will create a weapon of mass destruction!!!! Look what you made me do!!!
exactly!
The random nature of PhD. Get lucky. And you have a career. Unlucky and you waste 3 years, fall behind you contemporaries in life development, have mental health issues. Fortunately, I just did a BSc, knew I wasn't up to PhD
I'm just an average guy - I go to work everyday, fix the trucks, come home, lather, rinse, repeat...etc etc. I just wanted to say I really enjoy watching your videos. The way you break down history and science is very palatable and easy to understand. I appreciate the time and effort you put into your content. Definitely brain food. Thanks for doing what you do.
Yes what this guy says!
Average guy here too. I watch Veritasium, Sabine, Smarter Every Day and a few other science channels. I find that a lot of the details go over my head, but not all of it. I think that it's important that people try.
@@chrisdonovan8795 ABSOLUTELY! It's very important that people try. Most of who I work with **don't**. And thanks for the heads up on the other channels - I'll check them out. Cheers!
I don't know why, but I really like the way you wrote this comment. I am also an average high school student who really wants to be a physicist some day.
@@mmoonchild276 Thanks - and your goal is awesome. If you'll indulge some advice from a 62 yr old - **don't quit learning ***. Stay focused. Do NOT get distracted. I did. A long time ago I had a free ride to a major university and blew it. Way more of a discussion than this comment permits.
The point is you have your life in **front** of you. Plan it well. Focus on what you want to do - being a physicist is a great goal. Choose well your daily choices. From the people you allow in your circle, to your daily actions. Many, many distractions will come - it's up to you to bat them away. From bad people, to drugs, to alcohol, to time wasting activities...the list is endless. Stay focused and choose well! You CAN do this.
The second Bhagavadgita meaning he got it wrong. Krishna stops Arjuna from backing off, because not doing the war would be more disastrous than doing the war. And it is the duty of the king to protect the people than protect his family and relatives. When Krishna shows his avatar, he means that all the life thatis living will become one with the god eventually. The people we think friends, relatives, enemies all are part of one entity. It is only our perception (maya) that gets us entangled in these friend enemy relations
beautiful explanation
Also I think the original quote was " now I have become time, the destroyer of worlds". I guess they translated "kaal" wrong.
I absolutely love this combination of Science and Story telling ! It's been a treat to get such high quality content for free
His content has a lot of incorrect information.
@@ERMOONSaladino3 Can you state which information is incorrect?
@@zivmbs His childhood.
It’s not free 😂
@@ERMOONSaladino3 All of his sources are quoted in the description, so if there is incorrect information you can check those sources.
Oppenheimer is the personification of "I've won...but at what cost."
I was sat in stunned and emotional silence at the end of the film. Very powerful.
Truer words have never been spoken
In the short term, potential casualties were reduced (putting aside the other reasons for the surrender).
In the long term, humans now have the capacity for self-extinction at the push of a button.
@@natchu96 This "capacity for self-extinction" was the reason I found the movie to be especially disturbing. (small spoilers ahead): there was a line in the movie where Oppenheimer mentioned that his inhibitions about the further development of nuclear bombs was because he was worried that the US (altho perhaps simply humanity in general) will always want to use every weapon they have at some point. We've been fortunate so far that no one has pulled that trigger, but the fact that the trigger exists in the first place is terrifying.
@@natchu96They better push that button soon lmao
My neighborhood grandfather was a student of Oppenheimer. And when we told him a movie was going to be made on Oppenheimer he was happy like a child. In fact he has bought us the tickets as well. Let's hope the movie will be great..
And yes JR Oppenheimer really deserves a movie.
They made a movie about the guy who invented the variable-speed windshield wiper. i think the nuclear bomb is more important.
Did he also study under Barbie?
You mind replying what he thinks once you've seen it? I'm curious to hear if the movie was accurate.
@@gothamwarriorWhat's with so many barbie jokes about him? Is there some context or y'all just making fun? I'm curious.
@@shivamkumarshrivastava5182 barbie movie releases on the same day as oppenheimer.
Nit in case people are confused: In the picture at 3:16, Pauli is on the R with Born, but among the pictures at 3:21, the one labelled "Pauli" is actually of John von Neumann. Thanks as always for the wonderful content on Veritasium!
I agree on that 100%!!!
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His younger brother Frank (who worked under him on the Manhattan Project) became a science educator, and in 1969 founded the Exploratorium in San Francisco. It's relocated a few times since then - it's located at Pier 15 now - but it remains one of the world's great hands-on science museums. It's a must-see if you're in SF with kids.
May he rest in hell and boil in the hottest sulfur lake.
DO NOT GO TO SAN FRANCISCO WITH KIDS!
@@Noconstitutionfordemocrats1o but with whole ass arsenal on a back
Don't bring kids to SF
@@toastedt140 why?
I very much enjoyed the movie! Well researched and (mostly) historically accurate. Loved all the famous physicist cameos, and the “stark” contrast between the narcissistic politician and the hyper-fixated scientist.
Main critique: I wish there had been a better visual representation of the sheer scale and horrific, species-ending power of the atom bomb…
This video had what the movie didn’t, and I thank you for that!
did u watch BARBIE?
the movie did the explosion well enough, the main historical issue with it is that they didnt even bother credit Stan Ulam for solving the criticallity issue. Hes not even mentioned in the movie at all lol
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I feel like the bomb scene was more about the characters we got to see each of them and their reactions to seeing their creation and then we only got close ups of the bomb because i'm guessing Nolan's trinity recreation would have looked clearly different to an actual nuclear bomb and not as destructive. For me Opp putting his foot through the burnt corpse was a really powerful moment which showed the power of the bomb. Great film and expertly crafted and that silence on the detonation was one of them moments in cinema history, the whole room dropped into complete silence and nobody was coughing, talking, rustling their popcorn or anything, Nolan had everyone locked in and when the room went dead silent it was amazing.
I agree, the actual explosion was way too underwhelming after the 2 hour build up, it was obvious it was a much smaller, chemical explosion. They shouldve really used CGI instead.
@@NashDayZwhere I watched it, a random guy said "boom!" at the moment of the explosion
I am 100% glad that I watched this before watching the movie. The movie is absolutely incredible and very information-loaded so the background knowledge in this video helped me keep pace with the movie.
I completely agree
Me too
I was wishing the whole movie to see more about the science of the bomb, but I also realize that wasn't really possible and would make it a 5 or 6 hour movie.
This video did explain the science part perfectly !
@@spaceknarfSame here, except I think they could’ve at least spent more time explaining what caused a fission reaction and less time on flashing nude sex scenes randomly in front of our faces. Just saying 🤷♂️
@@moisesjimenez4391some people like the sex scenes 😇
0:42 "This video is about how to build an atomic bomb"
Finally an atomic bomb tutorial.
I really needed help with that. I'm glad to finally have a tutorial 😊
You can make London look like Hiroshima ruins
Man, what a beautiful tragedy the life of Oppenheimer was. Veritasium did a perfect job portraying that. Props to your entire team.
they missed the part where he cheated on his wife many times
@@PrabhablyAGoodUA-camr damn. I didn't know that. Thanks for the info.
Better than Nolan.
He and Fritz Haber suffer the same fate
>Creates a bomb that can wipe out hundreds of thousands
>The bomb is used to wipe out hundreds of thousands
>Gets his check from the government
>Expresses guilt afterwards
His life isn't a beautiful tragedy it's more like a clownfest.
Veritasium's content has always been some of the best on UA-cam (if not, anywhere), but the editing, writing and production quality has skyrocketed in the last few years. I'm going to see Oppenheimer (and Barbie) in a couple of days and this was such a great background on his story. Another stellar documentary, as always.
You should try and give Lemmino a shot, I really like his stuff, although his post frequency is very questionable
It is hard to count the inaccurate statements and conclusions even at just in the intro part of the video...
@@militavia-air-defense-aircraft it’s okay, I’m sure you’ll learn how to count one day!
You should go watch barbieheimer too
@@thomasdubouchet that’s the plan!
Just stepped out of the theatre and cannot get my head out of the movie. One of the best film I've watched in years. Worth every second of the 3 hours.
Where did you watch it??
its out tomorrow?
same here, history is scary
@@Trapping_ackbar7 Just beware that you are watching a HOLLYWOOD re-telling of a story that itself has been shaped by bias.
@@trayztheholypaladan For exemple, I watched it yesterday in France
The fact that Oppenheimer translated Gita to his simple words and was reading it apart from his work in the world of physics is somehow mind-blowing for me. I like the fact that he studied our scriptures and was able to introduce it to the world.
Many famous people used to read scriptures. Mostly eastern ones
I find it sad how Oppenhimer and Turing, both very important to ending WW2, were treated so poorly after the war.
Oppenheimer was responsible for his problems He was not a victim as so many people want to believe. Starting in the late 1930’s (probably 1937) Oppenheimer gave $1,000 a year (about $23K in 2023) to the Communist party and finally ceased giving donations in 1942. He also, stupidly, made an enemy of Lewis Strauss by insulting him publicly on more than one occasion. Unfortunately for Oppenheimer, Strauss was both petty and in the position to exact revenge - which he did. It was hardly the "American Government" that went after Oppenheimer, it was Strauss, greatly aided by Edward Teller.
@@buckhorncortezdude tried to poison his tutor and got off with a slap on the wrist because his parents were wealthy, not exactly the stuff heroes are made of
@@AmokBRchill out snowflake.
@@henrymerrilees9066 many of scientists working on the Manhattan Project were Stalinist sympathizers, and few were Soviet spies. They expected the bomb to be used against Germany, but after VE-Day, they were hoping for a partition of Japan once the Soviet Union entered that war - similar to Germany. That's when they grew a public conscience.
@@buckhorncortezdidn't know another party starting wars in half a dozen countries is better than communist lol
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"I am having a pretty bad time. The lab work is a terrible bore and I am so bad at it that it is impossible to feel that I am learning anything" - Every scientist ever. I swear that feeling is the essence of research.
Studying physics in college is what killed my love for physics. Lab work is so divorced from theoretical work, even though they rely on each other.
Sounds like every Grad student ever
I love labwork. Just like my boss, who's at a comfy level with his publication score. He will still go for any chance to play with clear liquids in tiny tubes... but we are both very well aware of the fact that we are weirdos. Even within our institute we are the two strange guys, sitting in dark offices in the basement... always close to our precious imaging equipment.
The fact that it took me years to find someone who felt the same glee as I do during lab work just proves your very point.
I actually quit physics in uni in favour of math due to the bore that lab work was. And I loved physics. I have hated math all my life. Never would have pictured myself with a math degree.
Try medicine. It's similar, except you're abused by the system even more.
He cared so much about human life that he made sure to tell them not to set it off too high for maximum destruction.......what a guy.
I think it's admirable.
That's what makes his case so interesting though...He was obviously tortured by the device he helped create but at the same time, he was a scientist and he wanted his efforts and his theories to be proven and to work.
He must have been very torn between these two feelings.
@@iitzfizz The ppl who were truly torn are lost to history because they made the correct choice. Oppenheimer is not a hero..at all. He was as "tortured" as Taylor Swift is in her latest album...
@penguin902 What an incredibly reductive way of thinking about it. I'm pretty sure the man who sent the entire world into a new, terrifying age of weapons technology and was immediately responsible for a device that killed 100s of thousands within the day, had more of a struggle with his own morals than a pop star musician whose biggest dilemma is her romantic relationships
@@iitzfizz Movie actually showed it quite well, they captured that part of him well, how he struggled between two sides, being constantly challenged by authorities on this.
One of the key takeaways is: “if you are needed than you are a hero, once your job is done you become a problem”
Alan Turing vibes. Its an unfortunate trend
For those who don't know, he was gay, fathered computer science and probably brought an end (or an earlier one) to ww2, and then was jailed afterwards for being gay and killed himself in prison.
@@oakley6889 Well Neumann invited Turing to Princeton but he refused...
Medical professionals who worked through the pandemic but wished to maintain their own medical liberty refer to your statement as "hero's to zeros". Crazy world.
@@oakley6889 Did he really kill himself or did he "kill himself"?
@@gaborrajnai6213bro they literally chemically castrated him for being gay.
Fun fact: my PhD supervisor was Prof. |rwin Oppenheim, who studied at Caltech as a grad student, under John G. Kirkwood, in the late 40s/early 50s, when J.R. Oppenheimer was there. Once he told me that their similar names caused trouble at the internal post-office, so that, sometimes, both of them had to meet to return each other letters! 😀
That is how he met Oppenheimer.
I guess making a atomic bomb makes him more Oppenheim than your supervisor.
But who is the Oppenheimest?
That's actually a very interesting story.
@@nhancao4790 Can't wait to see S.R. Oppenheimest.
I love Openheiming
One of the best videos I have seen in a long time. The story of Oppenheimer is truly one that sheds a light on the brutal nature of humanity. The way this story was narrated was extremely immersive and informative. Thank you for putting out such content.
while the outcome was very inhumane. their intention was to creat something that dissuades from warfare and forces diplomatic alternatives i believe.
Put that filthy cigarette out
Instruction unclear: where do I get some military grade uranium (asking for a friend)
@@MsSplasch Right. Nuclear weapons have done more for peace than anything else.
everything that is nature should be accepted, even both brutal and pleasant.
Amazing video! Clear, interesting storytelling, easy to understand, there is visual aid in form of pictures and of course there’s the animation! You deserve every view and more
The way Albert Einstein approached the apparent improbability of achieving controlled fission is fitting of a scientific approach. He wasn't saying that controlled fission was impossible, unlike Rutherford. He was saying that he couldn't see the possibility of it being achievable. His words ("it would mean the atom would have to be shattered at will") show that he was open to the possibility. That is how a man of science should speak.
That’s exactly how I would word it, I mean so many “impossible” things have been proven possible that it should feel dumb to say impossible anymore
im an auto tech, not a physicist, but i have taken to hedging whenever it is convenient. "appears to be" is a much preferred option to "is" unless the issue is quite obvious.
Rutherford was a brilliant scientist though ☝️
In other words Einstein was saying it is impossible.
@@zaco-km3su more like he's saying that he does not know how to do it.
While Nolan deserves an Oscar as a director, Derek from Veritasium deserves an Oscar for the best educational content.
🙋I second the nomination! 😎✌️
This video is filled with misinformation.
@@ERMOONSaladino3 Be specific.
@@pletiplot His childhood is wrong.
@@ERMOONSaladino3he didnt even mention his childhood though, if I can recall, he started at Oppenheimers college years. You typically do not consider that childhood.
as a physics major currently at the university of Gottingen, it's so cool to learn about the life of Oppenheimer!
Haha nerd
That's amazing! I'm planning to do my CS Post Grad there too... So much important history tied to that uni...
since it is a movie in the year 2023...i highly doubt that it will be close to reality.
oppenheimer will be swapped by a strong independent black woman, fighting against white supremacy. oppenheimer itself will be the sidekick that will become a nazi. because men are equal to bad.
there is no such thing as good movies in 2023.
@@_blank-_ I don't know why I found this so funny
That’s cool and all but u no Christopher Nolan
Wow! What a great video! Incredibly helpful to understand such an important part of history, thank you so much!!
My great grandmother used to talk about living near where they tested the bombs. She described how if they tested at night the whole town would suddenly light up like it was in the middle of the day. It's so hard to imagine what that was like
@@user-ze2zm4sz1b and to think that was from a couple hundred miles away at least. And it was the smallest bomb we've made
@@user-ze2zm4sz1b your grandma was awake at 5:30 in the morning at 5 years old?
@@alexrogers777I mean I’m sure a nuclear explosion would wake up anyone
@alexrogers777
Ha, a 5 year old waking you up at 5.30am is not anything out of the ordinary... any parent, any culture will let you know that ;)
My grandma once told me a story of when she was a little girl driving through the South of Nevada with her parents and siblings. She doesn't remember exactly what time it was, but it was late at night with nothing to see for miles in all directions. They knew beforehand that there was going to be a bomb test as it was announced over the radio, but what they didn't expect was what sight they'd see. Suddenly and without warning, a great white and yellow light came over the horizon from the Southeast, slowly fading to orange and red but all the while illuminating the landscape all around them. What was only a few seconds beforehand an endless black void was suddenly recognizable as if the sun had come up. Her parents pulled the car over and looked towards the light, staring in awe for about fifteen minutes as the light shone. As they were getting back in the car, they heard the faint rumble of what must have been the detonation, a full fifteen minutes after they saw the flash.
Now I don't know how far they were from the bomb, I know that sound travels slower than light, and I know that fifteen minutes seems like an unusually long time. I'm just going off what my grandma told me, and it's completely possible that her sense of time in that memory has been warped over the years, or was possibly warped in the moment considering what she witnessed. Either way, her story has always stuck with me.
As a scientist with a strong background in physics, physical chemistry, biology and genetics, I can defintely say that Derek Muller's work in popularizing science is the best. I always learn something new by watching his episodes, and every time he and his team do a marvelous work explaining complex concepts and providing an interesting historical perspective. This time it was a top-notch content again. I truly admire your work, Derek!
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So cool! Can I ask what you do fr work?
Yup so glad he exist
Hurray for science communicators.
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Small correction: The Bhagvad Gita wasn't translated to English by Bob, but by his tutor at UC Berkeley, Arthur Ryder. The original Sanskrit version says "Kaal". Kaal means Time.
Context: In the battle of Mahabharata, on the battlefield, the prince Arjuna felt helpless on seeing his loved ones on the other side of the battlefield. He knew his battle skills & thought that while fighting his own cousins & teachers, he'd end up killing them or at least severely injuring them. This threw him into a dilemma (much like what Oppenheimer faced after the nuclear tests). His charioteer, Krishna, tried to motivate him, but in vain. In a sort of last ditch attempt, Krishna who is actually the avatar of Lord Vishnu, took the form of his Eternal Self, as Lord Vishnu, and recited the Gita to Arjuna, telling him how he needs to do his duties because He i.e. God, intended it that way. Lord Vishnu's detailed advice is what the Bhagvad Gita basically is.
This dialogue that has now become world famous, appears in Chapter 11, verse 32. In it, Vishnu says he's 'Kaal', or Time... contextually meaning, the Time-Spirit. What he meant to tell Arjuna was He is Time, and Time comes for all. Time is actually the ultimate destroyer. Think about it .. every second we waste, is a second destroyed & never coming back. What Vishnu meant to convey to Arjuna was, whether you do your duties or no, Time finally comes for us all, so keep doing your duties to the best of your abilities & let Time take care of everything else.
This 'Kaal' was wrongly translated by Oppenheimer's tutor Ryder, as 'Death'.
It should actually mean, "I am the Time-Spirit, the destroyer of worlds."
@@viraa376 Everyone who reads the Gita thinks of themselves as Arjun. Even Oppenheimer took to the Gita only when he was thrown into this dilemma, of his very important & scientific invention as a weapon against humanity.
No one thinks of themselves as Ashwatthama, because however skilled of a warrior he was, he was still on the bad side.
Oppenheimer being Ashwatthama is from your frame of reference.
I meant to clarify the mistake of translation because Robert thought of himself as Death, instead of Time. While time would've anyway devoured the Japanese citizens, they certainly would've had much more honourable/bearable deaths than the one they, and their generations later on, had to endure. Also, Robert did oppose the use of nuclear weapons later, so the actual people who should be saddled with guilt are the American military generals & the President who ordered the attacks & not Oppenheimer who merely discovered the reactions & it's applications.
@@viraa376 ok buddy good to know, but his main point is still there.
@@viraa376 Not a direct comparison though. Oppenheimer opposed his own govt because of the actions they were going to take. That is what riddled him with guilt. Ashwatthama didn't question anything. In fact, he even broke the then rules of war, which were to not fight after sunset, and burnt tents of the sons of the Pandavas in the middle of the night.
The entire movie is about how Oppenheimer is second-guessing & regretting his decisions to help the US military.
But I'd stop at this, because we seem to be veering away from the main point.
@@viraa376 Oh no...i didn't meant to be snarky. I just meant we'd be filling the comment section with absolute tangents if we keep that discussion on, that's it.
Also, I'm an Indian who read mythology as an interest since I was a kid. I don't think i believe in any of the Gods stuff though. I treat it merely as great stories that were crafted to pass on important lessons to the future generations.
Very good narration clearing all previous doubts . Surprise to know that us/German scientists referred Geetha centuries back
Ang video na ito ay talagang kaakit-akit at informative! Talagang nagawa nitong ibahin ang takbo ng kasaysayan at walang duda na si J. Robert Oppenheimer ang pinakamahalagang pisiko na nabuhay. Salamat sa Wren para sa pag-sponsor ng bahagi ng video na ito at sa pagkakataong offset ang ating carbon footprint.
Kung gusto niyo pong malaman pa ang tungkol kay Oppenheimer, malakas akong nagrerekomenda ng aklat na "American Prometheus" ni Kai Bird at Martin Sherwin. Ito ay isang kamangha-manghang libro na talagang karapat-dapat sa Pulitzer prize na natanggap nito.
The discoverer of the neutron was Sir James Chadwick who was just mentioned at the beginning of this narrative. With this discovery, Enrico Fermi went out and bought all kinds of samples of elements to bombard them with neutrons and while so doing discovered the concept of neutron moderators. It is interesting how a huge amount of basic research for the Manhattan project was done by either the boys from the Via Panisperna (a school founded by Orso Corbino comprising Fermi, Majorana, Pontecorvo, Segrè, Amaldi and others) and the Martians from from Hungary (Von Newman, Leo Szilard, Wigner, Ed Teller and so on). One final postscript. In 2022 the secretary of energy finally issued a statement clearing Oppenheimer's name and nullified the decision to revoke his security clearance. He and all his colleagues (save for Klaus Fuchs) were hard working geniuses who did not spy against the US and its interests.
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@@lpc9929 LMFAOOO
Couldn't imagine being in Oppenheimer's position. Imagine how impossible the decision was to produce a weapon that will wipe out that many lives and how that would haunt you for the rest of your life
It’s science girly people die 😂🫥
My dad called you soft suntzu
Poor guy thought he was making a rice cooker
Honestly, it has wiped out FAR FAR LESS people than it easily could have if the US and Russia had started to lob them at each other in the 60s. By then, bombs were way way more powerful, and they would be targeting areas with far higher populations. Instead of 200-300k dead, it would be tens or even hundreds of millions dead.
If you have watched the video you would knew what his position was back then.
I frequently watch a wide array of UA-cam content, encompassing educational channels, tech enthusiasts, coding tutorials, gaming communities, and more. However, Veritasium has undeniably emerged as my absolute favorite in recent times. The exceptional quality of production, storytelling, and overall composition displayed in their videos is truly awe-inspiring.. You make a 33 minutes video feel so immersive and captivating that in a moment it produced me goosebumps. Congratulations to you Derek and your team. Whatever you are doing behind scenes is working incredibly.
bro speaking like a michelin food reviewer
Agreed I’m always excited to see a new upload.
Goose bumping story. Twice during the story I felt that energy rush. Brilliantly narrated.
My Aunt and Uncle were both Chemical Engineers who worked at Oak Ridge here in TN WITH Oppenheimer on the Manhattan Project. They died before I could talk to them about this, but her brother, my Uncle Keith (rip) was an electrical engineer who worked at McDonnell-Douglas in the '70s and designed the original electrical systems on the first space shuttle.
My friend David Krumholtz played the Rabi in this movie, so it's special to me on several levels!
Wow
whoa
Wait really? David Krumholtz is your friend?! He did a fantastic job as Isidor Rabi. Give me my kudos to him 😊
yeah mine too
@parthibbiswas3730 Yes. I have worked in network television, so I have many friends in the industry. He's one of the most versatile actors I have ever seen and one of the nicest guys out there. He's one of the "good ones".
I grew up living five minutes away from where Fermi built that first reactor. Today it is a huge forest preserve but if you hike into the forest you can find a big clearing of trees and a huge giant stone on the ground that says “DO NOT DIG” with stone markers marking a radius where the reactor is buried. Go and look it up, it’s called “Red Gate Woods”.
now someone going to fig it
@@helper_bot I mean, it’s not hidden. It’s even on Google maps.
Would you say it is, or is not, A Place of Honor?
@@simsandsurgery1what if someone dig?
@@sunmoon-pg9fe That’s between them, the radiation, and the department of homeland security.
Fun fact: Luis Alvarez, along with his son Walter Alvarez, also later developed the theory of how a huge asteroid struck the Earth at the northern tip of the Yucatan Peninsula that lead to the extinction of non-bird dinosaurs, as well as the end of the Cretaceous Period.
Sweet! That's so cool!
I love this comment section. This is the best!
A grandson of an Asturian
So many smart people all close to eachother, it's almost like a renaissance of science
I learned about that from Angela Collier.
@@helloneighbour2408right?? That’s what I was thinking. So cool!
I love history and this dudes breaks it DOWN. I watched Oppenheimer but was confused most of the movie, this definitely gave me some clarity on some scenes from the movie. Great video bro!
I was confused with the movie too. I came here to understand the historical events in chronological order. This video was awesome!
I agree on that 100%!!!
The facts that there was a possibility they could end the world and they still went ahead is terrifying to me.
It was near zero. They said the same when they first used the large hadron collider to try and create God particles. Some scientists believed there was a near zero chance they could create a black hole which would keep eating matter until it swallowed the earth. Didn't happen obviously but some believed theoretically it was possible at the time.
they calculated on the extreme end, so extreme that it would barely be possible to achieve, and it still wasn’t possible at that point. it was only a passing concern and they thoroughly explored it enough that it was certain there was no possibility of it happening, at least not without more than impossible variables. the concern has always just been exaggerated through time. they apparently even joked about it after proving it couldn’t happen
It's not that simple. At that point, everyone was worried that if they don't do it, their enemies will. Oppenheimer himself was aware of the potential of his work, but decided it was the better of the evils he will have to choose from.
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They knew it wouldn't before the test.
The question only lasted a few hours.
Did not watch Oppenheimer yet but I feel this is the best introductory material that I could possibly want. Didn't know how ingenious the construction of the bomb was, and how they carried out the experiments even with the possibility of destroying the planet. Fascinating and terrifying.
unfortunately this is the entire movie
you got spoiled real bad mate
This video covers all of the high level issues in the movie but the movie itself shows the interplay and interactions between multiple scientific geniuses and the conflicting emotions and ideas they had which is a fantastic backstory. The one thing not well explained is that Neils Bohr was spirited away from the Nazis probably only days before he would have been captured and employed by them on their own atomic bomb program.
Veritasium but it's movie recap
Don t make my mistake and watch this before the movie.
Wish Oppenheimer gets his own movie. And imagine if Christopher Nolan directed it. It would have been explosive.
it is bursting into movie theaters this month
Ohhhhh myyyy goddd, do I news for you
nobody got the sarcasm
also imagine if they didnt use a real nuke for practical effects
Now imagine if we got cillian murphy to play the role of oppenheimer, what a banger that would be..
The oscar on the thumbnail 🔥
I agree on that 100%!!!
My great grandfather was a part of the first expedition to where Little Boy was detonated. My family was never able to get him to talk much about what he saw there. he was sent there only three days after the bomb exploded. One of the only times my family was able to get him to talk about it, he said the following (paraphrased): “… walking along what I can only assume to have once been a neighborhood, I saw a black dog crawling towards us. Only after several long moments did I see that it was not a dog at all. It was a human woman, burned black by the heat of the explosion. She died but a few seconds after this realization.” many years later, and I am here with my mother, who suffers from an autoimmune disease. My family has no history of any disease of this type, but similar issues, though not diagnosed, have plagued my grandmother and a few of her children. I know that as I age, I will likely develop one or more of these symptoms, which seem to all point to the same conclusion: that the radiation my great grandfather was exposed to all those years ago had caused genetic mutations. My mother also had a personal friend whose grandmother was on a ferry going to Hiroshima as the bomb exploded. I was once good friends with her granddaughter my mother taught her mother, English, and while her lessons were going on, I would, without speaking much, play with her for hours. It is terrible to think that she almost didn't exist at all.
Wow. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for sharing.
Wow
That bish was crispy
It's an interesting sharing. But I got confused real fast in that "grandmother to mother to granddaughter" part XD
Minor correction: the B-29 is the Superfortress. The earlier B-17 was the Flying Fortress.
Yeah I hate it when they confuse the us (please see username)
Cool names though
Thanks. That surely going to help heal the world😅
Gotta love the fortress line of bombers.
@@flyingfortress15 praise be
You guys are so good. Derek, you and your cohorts have become amazing storytellers. You had the gift early on but now your work is just enthralling. Glad to have witnessed the progression over these many years.
Make sure 2 buy that wren subscription tho
@@TheRealBatCaveim gonna pretend I didn’t see that
@@ifroad33 😆
3:18 that's NOT Pauli.
That's John von Neumann.
Crazy to think Veritasium would make such an elemental error.
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Dear Derek, you have no idea how much you've helped me change my perspective towards physics, I mean I was just a typical 12 grader who had taken physics and was completely overwhelmed by how weird the calculations and the formulae and everything in general was untill I came across your videos. I used to hate physics from the bottom of my heart. Because ofc I never understood anything it all seemed so irrelevant and out of the world. But you have brought me to the other side of the river, I now can't help myself want more of physics related information input. I now find myself reading entire units from my school textbooks without someone forcefully asking me to do it. Istg Physics is so much fun and it is only felt once you fall in love with it. I am heartily grateful to you and your team for contributing in the making of a 'physics concious me'. I look forward to pursue a degree in physics and become a scientist. THANKS AGAIN
Learn calculus if you want to understand basic physics. Although if you get the liking of it, then maybe physics wont be as interesting, because it really is just applied mathematics...
Physics is fun especially theoretical physics which we study.
@@oadityagupta do you have a roadmap for someone who is interested but past high school age?
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@@eusebio_9 yeah there is this book HC verma read it and clear basic concepts and grow your love toward physics then other books
Haven't had a chance to watch this yet, but I'm glad the inventor of the Barbie Doll is finally getting the recognition he deserves!
I have to commend you for hiring actual artists for this piece. I am too often disappointment when I see influencers I've watched for years turn to AI. Keep up the great work as always, and thanks for supporting artists :)
thank you for pointing it out; I would have missed this truly commendable detail.
Plot twist: The artists use AI to work faster
The truth shines no matter how much they try to cover it 👉 The Connections (2021) [Short documentary] 👈💖
@@Ratigan2 quality content and allowing these artists to keep doing what they are doing is more important than working faster. I love AI, and I think it is the future, but I believe that creative endeavors like art and music should not be done by AI as it dehumanizes art, even though art was a form of showing and expressing our creative thoughts, as humans. I would rather have a video with art created by humans to come out later than have it come out faster but with AI art.
@@kevl4n109does that mean you stick to pencil and paper? (Using a computer to make art faster and less tedious doesn't dehumanize the art?)
Another excellent documentary. As always. Thanks
Everything about this video is just perfect, the illustrations, the way the story is told, the explanation of how things worked and how accurate the history is conveyed. Thanks Derek, you got me interested in such topics more than I ever was.
Excellent video as always. One note, the plane that dropped the bomb was a B-29 Superfortress, not a Flying Fortress.
The 'bouncing leg' animation was a *perfect* way to convey nervousness/anxiety. So much so that I picked up on it before Derek's words conveying the same thing. -chef's kiss-
Personally, I don't like the style of the illustrations, but otherwise I think the video turned out very good
Minor correction: U238 can undergo fission, but it can't sustain a fission reaction. It is fissionable, but not fissile.
In fact, in the Teller-Ulam configuration of hydrogen bombs, there is a sizeable amount of U-238 in the bomb that becomes fissionable due to the fast neutrons. Apparently it can add up to 50% of the energy yield of the bomb. Not an expert, just something I have read.
This is better than most documentaries shown in TV. Veritasium deserves an Oscar in this category.
Atomic Science has been an _unofficial_ Hobby for several years now and I have watched *Many* Presentations on how Fission works but this has just become by far the clearest presentation so far! (Subscribed!)
This video elevates the movie even more. Seeing this video after the film clears up so many questions i still had and prepares me well for when I see it another time
lol watching this before the movie is much better. I was not confused at all and understood the whole beginning
@@sahilgrewal7509 that's also good! I've watched it a second time now, and it's so good I might have to go again
My Dad worked at Oakridge on separating Ur. He also, as a civil engineer, was 10 miles away from the Marshal Islands when the H bomb was tested. My Dad never wanted to talk about his experiences and we all respected his wishes.
So did he like see the bomb and its fireball?
@@TabBuddie Yes. He was 10 miles away. The blast was stronger than they predicted because of some effect of lithium that was not factored into the blast strength.
Did it affect his health in any way?
@@dennisvanoord3278 No. He lived to 83 and never had cancer. He was lucky. At Oakridge, he worked on the design of the gas diffusion pump. His role was minor but he never, to the best of my knowledge, was in the building that contained the diffusion process. Sad so many people got cancer from the Manhatten project.
that's so coooool
There was another important reason why Groves chose Oppenheimer, Groves was 100% sure that RO would press on relentless as if fighting for his own life in the race against the Germans.Funny that this was never mentioned in this very good summary but was an important factor in the movie!
Movie a joke
Oppenheimer was born into a Jewish family. Pretty sure it'd make alot of sense to have a famous Jewish scientist to lead the project as it was basically him contributing to the fight against the anti-semetic Nazism
most of the main scientist working on it were Jewish
Would be awesome when your videos are available as podcast, so I can listen to it at work👍
Agreed
With UA-cam premium you can listen to videos with your screen locked. Well worth it.
Just a side note: Oppenheimer's "Death destroyer of all worlds" was referencing a work about fulfilling your duties as required no matter how horrible. So contextually I think it's about the terrible philosophical dilemma he faced.
The prince in the story does not want to fight for what is rightfully his position, against his cousins. He speaks of the sorrow at fighting friends, his mentors, etc. But Vishnu keeps trying to convince him it is his responsibility to lead men, to see men die, and to govern. Finally near the end Vishnu takes on that ultimate horrible all powerful form causing the prince to become enlightened/humbled, able to bear his duties.
Per wikipedia: "The Bhagavad Gita is set in a narrative framework of dialogue between the Pandava prince Arjuna and his charioteer guide Krishna, an avatar of lord Vishnu. At the start of the Kurukshetra War between the Pandavas and the Kauravas, Arjuna despairs thinking about the violence and death the war will cause in the battle against his kin and becomes emotionally preoccupied with a dilemma.[3] Wondering if he should renounce the war, Arjuna seeks the counsel of Krishna, whose answers and discourse constitute the Bhagavad Gita. Krishna counsels Arjuna to "fulfil his Kshatriya (warrior) duty" for the upholdment of dharma.[4] The Krishna-Arjuna dialogue covers a broad range of spiritual topics, touching upon moral and ethical dilemmas, and philosophical issues that go far beyond the war that Arjuna faces.[1][5][6] The setting of the text in a battlefield has been interpreted as an allegory for the struggles of human life."
The more I read comments surrounding Oppenheimer, the more I learn about these things. It's quite interesting
@elfrjzyou know how close ancient India was with indonesia and how strong it's fluence
Bhagvad Gita teaches a lot, it teaches us to perform our duties regardless of the outcome 🙏🙏
@@sarthak.inferno Sounds like a pretty stupid philosophy.
@@billjohnson6863I know, right? That’s precisely why, Bill Johnson, we know more about Oppenheimer than you, because you ain’t stupid.
The editing and writing are both definitely impeccable, but Derek's narration is what makes it go that extra mile. I have been watching Derek since his earlier youtube days. those days there were not many science channels, I had to cling on to discovery or NAT or somethin' somethin'. Derek's simple explanation of basic principles, even though I knew all about it, made me watch it through his eyes. Today, of course, there's a whole MCN team working behind the videos, more polished and professional, yet, Derek's way of explaining, still remains in parts.. Kudos
I was his teacher when he was a young boy and can tell you, he ain't lying if he says he's gotta poop. My classroom was it's own nuclear waddle zone for a week after one indent. 1
You mean covering of mass murderers?. And one of the biggest genocides in history.
I just watched Oppenheimer and was confused to some extent, and just found this video which is such a great explanation to complement the movie.
doing exactly the same rn!!
Literally me doing that right now
@@Flairis ... jesus christ
guys.
Guys, no.
AGH
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I watched this and oher videos before the movie. To me the movie made so much sense cause of it including all the scenes I would not have understood other wise ( much of the beginning)
I'am so freaking happy that this channel came out on my phone. New subsciber & a happy one too. 🎉😂🎉
When the news media mistakenly thought Alfred Nobel had died, they published an article labeling him as the marchant of death for his invention of dynamite. He sought to erase his tainted legacy by donating his amassed wealth to those who helped humanity become better. Awarding Oppenheimer the Noble Prize when he quoted that he has become the death, the destroyer of worlds, what Alfred sought to erase from his name, would have been very ironic.
Wish I could pin this to the top. It was a Nobel Peace Prize, though I could see how many would interpret the work of Oppenheimer and team as a peace project considering the losses we had sustained in the island hopping campaigns up till that point.
@@NONO-hz4vo Which is rather stupid because that mushroom cloud only instilled hatred and fear that would come back to bite our asses, and the scars of war still lingering. If ending the war is all what peace means, sure, I guess, mass extinction would also be valid.
In the context of the scripture Oppenheimer was the prince not vishnu.
@@NONO-hz4vo I see how people could interpret it as a peace project since it marked the end of that war, but retrospectively can we call it a peace project if the blood of the innocents but not the warlords was spilled to obtain it? As I see it, it was a project whose primary purpose was to invoke unimaginable fear to the enemy to bring them to their knees. In the history of mankind, a cruel bomb was used, and there was no way for any nation to have stood against it. Such "Peace" brought by destruction can only last for a fleeting moment until someone else makes an even bigger stick. That's human nature.
It wasnt the only time when the wrong person got the prize. Rosalind Franklin never got a nobel prize. in 1909 marconi, a thief got a nobel prize for "inventing" the radio which was invented years before independently by Oliver Lodge, Nikola Tesla and John Stone.
This might just be one of your best videos. The story is very clear and informative, and the pacing is spot on. Bravo
There's no question when watching interview footage of Oppenheimer that he feels the weight of everything he has done. If the movie captures half the gravity of the actual footage it will be powerful stuff.
It doesn't
It does
It did.
I haven't seen all the interview footage. But the movie does a very good job of conveying this. It focuses a very significant amount of time to the weight, and the moral complexities of the subject.
One of may favorite parts also focuses on the weight of his work and his understanding of that weight, and his concerns for the future.
I strenuously disagree that oppenhiemer regretted his actions in the way some want to portray. He sounds like a bit of a narssissist that people simply made excuses for, such as buying off criminal charges after assaulting his teacher trying to poison him simply because little oppy felt so repressed at school. And all of his talk during a few interviews that may have sort of sounded regretful or warry of nuclear weapons? It sounds like the standard 'pacify the public to avoid the frankenstien principle so the villagers dont come after me with pickforks after I make a monster". People pointed out he stayed in contact with pro nuclear forces and could have actually taken actions to support elements trying to back anti proliferation groups and others of a similar ilk and according to some never did.
And now, Oppenheimer got 7 Oscars!!! Mad respect, and congrats to all involved in the team.
Currently reading American Prometheus. Oppenheimer is such a haunting and fascinating person, I can’t wait for Nolan’s interpretation of his life!
Same. I’m reading it to enhance my movie experience. How has it been so far for you?
To have a better idea of Oppenheimer you need to read more than one book. Also read, "Robert Oppenheimer: A Life Inside the Center," by Ray Monk.
@@buckhorncortez thanks for the recommendation :)
Damn, it's Solarballs
One day I found a book written by Oppenheimer and tried to read it. I say "tried" because the whole book was a mish-mash of strea mof consciousness type stuff, none of which I found comprehensible. The book was completely unreadable. Even though none of it was complicated theory or calculations, naturally I blamed myself for being too stupid to understand it, but now I'm not so sure. The man's brain worked on a completely different wavelength than mine or anybody else I know.
I would have liked to see little more focus on Leo Szilard, since in addition to theorizing fission, collaborating with Fermi on nuclear reactor and convincing Einstein to sign the letter that ultimately led to the Manhattan project, he also started a petition signed by over 70 scientists addressed to president Truman to demonstrate the capabilities of the nuclear bomb to Japan and negotiate a surrender instead of actually using the bomb. The petition was suppressed by the military. After the war he started pursuing biology instead of physics.
Yes. I can't imagine how Szilard must have felt when he realized Germany was nowhere close to building a bomb.
"Szilárd asked his friend and fellow physicist, Edward Teller, to help circulate the petition at Los Alamos in the hopes of recruiting more signatures. However, Teller first brought Szilárd's request to Los Alamos director J. Robert Oppenheimer, who told Teller that politicians in Washington were already weighing the issue and that the lab scientists would do better to stay out of it. Thus, no new signatures for the petition were collected at Los Alamos."
It sucks how Heisenberg got his own series and Oppenheimer got nothing but an atomic bomb…
@@davidshi451 Teller later backstabbed Oppenheimer when he refused to push for the funding and creation of the hydrogen bomb(the Super).
People don't seem to realize just how fanatical Teller really was, he was obsessed with nuclear weapons and he even backed and supported the military's push for orbital weapons platforms in the 1980s called the Strategic Defense Initiative(Star Wars).
The production value of Veritasium videos has improved to an insane level over the years. This is so informative, inspiring, and fascinating. Great timing too, one day after the Trinity Test, before the opening weekend of Nolan’s feature film named Oppenheimer.
Thank you so much for this video. I've recently accepted a full-time role at Los Alamos National Lab, and I think it's important to do research and understand the history and implications of the work I will be completing. I'm very excited by the culture of the laboratory and the ability to help through my role with the different failsafes and safety measures that are being put in place for the nuclear weapons that already exist, and it's been interesting to continue to research the different projects that the lab is working on after the war!
I watched Oppenheimer after seeing this video. It felt like i am watching this same video just with some cinematic touch. This video provide a good context to the movie.
so basically spoiled
@@mehudon13nothing spoiled, some ppl prolly wouldn't even get the movie w/o basic homework, its about the cinematic experience to watch the film rather than the story everybody knows.
Me too. But i found this video to be better than the movie.
@@mehudon13 how do you spoil a documentary
@@mehudon13 The video gives a better understanding than the movie which makes the movie good, it's not spoiling.
i watched the movie just yesterday and this is such a wonderful completetion of it! While the movie concentrates more on the emotions of Oppenheimer, the meetings where he was humiliated that were organized by Strauss and the result itself, this video tells more about how the bombs actually work, what happened after the war and how the Soviet Union created their own bomb (this was not in the movie at all). Combined, the movie and this video make a great history and physics lesson, so thank you so much for making it!
There is a scene in the movie where they discuss Soviet Union's creation of their own bomb. Remember, they had the filter paper from the B-29 to prove it was a similar plutonium implosion device created at the Los Alamos lab.
Oppie was a commie , like FDR.
You realize openheimer, KNEW sooner or later, his bomb would exterminate all life on earth.
@@jwdundon Nah - there's a lot of paranoid nutjobs out there with underground bunkers. These chosen ones will emerge from the ashes, breed, and create a new super-paranoid version of humans.
This new iteration of humanity will create bunkers underneath their bunkers... just to be on the safe side.
@@jwdundonthe cockroaches are expected to survive. That implies that the next intelligent species will be extremely ugly.
"Now I am become death" is such a good line. I hope the movie really tells his full story
Imo one of the greatest quotes of all time.
I mean he was quoting the Hindu Scripture "The Bhagwat Gita".
When, the protagonist who is a charioteer and his chariot driver is God himself shows the protagonist who he is amidst nuclear or as the scripture says- "PARMANU" where "param" means ultimate and "anu" means particle, explosions are taking place.
TBH even Oppenheimer mentions that he is about to quote bhagwad gita, before he said the line
its a favorite funfact I really love, that Oppenheimer probably read at least a small portion of the bhagwad gita
nerdy as hell, bet he thought it sounded good in his head
@@death153278It did sound good cause it fits perfectly.
The Chicago Pile was called CP-1. The Westinghouse USS Enerprise reactor prototype was called A1W. I trained on that as a Naval Nuke.
I really really hope that Andrei Sakharov also receives his own movie someday. His story is VERY VERY similar to Oppenheimer's one and he is one of the most important people in Europe's history. He even received a Nobel Peace Prize for his work on preventing the usage of Nuclear Weapons. He also founded "Memorial" - a Human Rights organisation that also received a Nobel Peace Prize just a year ago. Sadly, his legacy is getting censored, destroyed and forgotten in his home country - Russia. Two men who changed the world forever - they both deserve to be remembered.
My uncle was in it with Andrei Sakharov so yes, it’s sad that his story is forgotten and with it my uncle’s (actually my mom’s uncle)
You mean, a famous history faker? Oh, right..
It's always great to see those who are capable of noticing advantages and merits of other people despite their color skin, religion beliefs, attitude to policy and its. Their contribution is unvalued in terms of unthinkable amount of scientific fields covered by results of their recearch.
Sakharov is just overhyped..! Yes, he was genius physicist, but he was barely present as a young student in the first soviet atomic bomb! And even the fusion bomb from what I have read is not his master stroke.
Kurchatov on the other hand, is the perfect mirror image of the Oppenheimer…
@@stormtrooper9404 Just glad to hear someone who knows who those guys are. A couple of streets in my city are named in honor of them. Nowadays unfortunately not so many native citizens know who they were and what they brought to the table as well as others famous scientists around the world in terms of merits.
I'm excited for Oppenheimer, but Feynman needs his own movie
Indeed..
It was made already:
Sex, lies, and videotape
@@heywazup99,
Feynman had brain diarrhea! Can not stand his lectures, the movie would finish me off !
Feynman is already a legend. Joe Shmo would never relate unless you made up some silly human interest story around him.
Yes to this!
“More than 95% killed were civilians” that hits differently and all the science just went away for a moment. Wonderful narration. Kudos. Yet to watch the movie. Glad I landed here earlier.
Oh Derek, you are such a wonderful orator. This kept me on my seat throughout the 30 minutes. Now, I guess you should continue your passion for movie making. This was awesome, especially with the haricut graphics.
Oppenheimer has always been one of the most interesting people to me. I did a project on him and wish more people knew his full story
I have good news 😂
well the movie is gonna do wonders for that haha
Weird phrasing, but you’re in luck lol
your wish was already granted
Before this movie
Claiming to be a "Destroyer of worlds" without having destroyed a single world is quite pretentious. I know his accomplishments, but making such a statement makes him sound that he is full of himself. Not that i want the world to be destroyed.
Like, if Alexander Fleming declared himself to be a savior of millions after having done so, then that is warranted.
I worked for 40 years as an aerospace engineer (recently retired) and have always been fascinated by the development of the atomic/hydrogen bomb. This video was of absolutely outstanding quality, I’ve liked and subscribed. Thank you!
Exciting story, I can't help but think about how a simple discovery can open up new possibilities. Teleportation and time travel seem impossible today, but just as the discovery of the neutron made it possible to extract energy from atoms, the discovery of a new particle today may also allow the "impossible".
What an incredible story. Oppenheimer really does deserve his own movie.
The last part of trial against Oppei was worst. He dedicated his life for this project and to protect his country, and this is how the country's politicians repay him. He was also alleged to be a Soviet spy. His life was torn apart in front of his wife and fellow colleagues. And the person responsible for this was Lewis Strauss, who wanted a pay back from Oppei.
'MERICA BABY!!
This is what they do with Assange now. He fought for truth, transperancy and freedom of speech but now the real war criminals are keeping him in prison...
Of course after this Struas didnt get his appointment. In part becuase of Kennedy. I know they didn't take about that for long but the movie presents it like Kennedy was swayed by Hills testimony. So in the end (from the movies perspective) Strauss's vindictive nature lead to the end of both of tiier careers.
He was a comi
So it was everywhere during the pinko scare days. We forgot how to not be at war following WW2. Even now.
Nolan has made one of the most important films of the century! It's impossible to comprehend just how much influence Oppenheimer has had over the modern world we live in.
The most important movie of the century is about sex child trafficking and not a guy who build a bomb that can kill billions of people.
@@giannisksanthopoulos4300 Sound of Freedom is great, but I personally resonate with Oppenheimer. Each to his own, man, each to his own
yeah cause the internet and computers are dumb and useless ans nukes are what drives the world..............
@@giannisksanthopoulos4300I thoughtfully disagree
@@giannisksanthopoulos4300 Did you just casually say BILLIONS of people? you do realize that 1 billion people is like 12.5% of all humans (as of 2022), let alone BILLIONS. Child trafficking is tragic, but I think the influence in our world regarding Oppenheimer and nuclear weapons is greater than child trafficking. And number 2, it wasn't just a "guy who built a bomb", it was a whole team of people, doing never done before research in some aspects, fearing that the entire atmosphere would ingulf in flames, killing everyone on the world. 600,000 people worked on the Manhattan project to be exact. I will say Sound of Freedom is a great movie with a great message, but nuclear warfare is something far far worse then child trafficking could ever dream of.
Dieser Kanal hat mir mehr Physik beigebracht als alle meine Physiklehrer zusammen. Dass ich nebenbei auch noch mein Englischvokabular erweitere, rechtfertigt es für mich irgendwie, diese Videos zu bingen 😁
25:45 Here is the original context:
Lord Krishna imparted this "absolute" knowledge to his disciple Arjun in the middle of the battle field which is mentioned in the epic Mahabharat, perhaps the biggest war ever. Arjun was distraught that he was standing on the opposite side to his family whom he had to slay including the eldest surviving member, Bhishma. Arjun was the dearest to Bhishma.
Mahabharat is a battle that takes place everyday within ourselves and within the world. Everyday we are faced with uncertainty of life, everyday we are faced to take decisions that may not always be in our or somebody else's favor. Arjun was a great warrior and his arrows never missed the target. Krishna apprised Arjun about all his births; past, present and possible future ones, and told him that he was holding on to relationships ("all") that bears no meaning in the grand scheme of things.
Arjun was still not convinced and it is then that Krishna threatened Arjun that he too didn't mean much when it came to protecting the dharma, and it is then that Krishna introduced Arjun to his "maha-swarup", or the great form where the dance of creation and destruction takes place and that form was: the Creator (Bhrahma), the Sustainer (Vishnu), and the Destroyer (Shiva or Mahesh). Krishna also told Arjun nothing moves without his permission. So lament not and perform your duty to protect the dharma, and dharma only.
The usual pursuant of Gita wants to understand forms of materialism and the absolute, the divine consciousness that is attached to no religion nor any philosophy; it just is. Krishna never considered himself a god but part of the divine consciousness that he realized. It is us who made him into a god.
BTW, only a few warriors in Mahabharat had the privilege to posses Bhramastra or the divine weapon. Brahmastra could destroy the universe, hence only the most responsible were given the knowledge how to use it. It is probably why Oppenheimer felt compelled to draw parallels between the two situation.
So Brahmastra was similar to a Nuclear bomb ?
This comment needs more upvotes!
Good background for fellow people who aren't Hindu or don't know the Gita.
Great comment! Great script from Hinduism!
Well...in the end God will revel what all happened in real...
@@NicolastheThird-h6m From what is understood, it was even more powerful than a nuclear weapon; something that could destroy the whole universe and hence the exclusivity.
Towards the end of the war, one of the warriors, Ashwathama out of his greed and final attempt to the win the war, but mostly to avenge the death of his father (Guru Drona, the teacher who trained all of these warriors), released the weapon to finish the last generation of Arjun's lineage (Uttara, Arjun's son's wife was in labor at the time). It was then that the great Sage Vyasa and Krishna who intervened to stop the weapon. Vyasa severely reprimands Ashwathama for releasing such a weapon just to fulfill a materialistic desire. Krishna too was severely reprimanded by Vyasa for letting Ashwathama get that far. There is a bit more to this but trying not to lay everything here.
Couple of things stand out: 1) Krishna while divine, was bounded by the laws of materialistic world and didn't/couldn't overstep that law - pretty evident by Vyasa, the supreme Sage alive who reprimanded Krishna and demanded an answer. 2) The mention of energy weapon that could in effect destroy everything.