How the Atomic Bomb Destroyed the Life of its Creator

The tragic fall of J. Robert Oppenheimer. Visit https://brilliant.org/Newsthink/ to get started learning STEM for FREE, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription. A huge thank you to ‪@atomcentral‬ for permission to air the amazing HD restoration footage of the Trinity test. Watch the full video here    • Trinity Test Latest HD Restoration   Special thanks as well to the Institute for Advanced Study for supplying many photos of Oppenheimer for the story. Watch our video on NASA's Nazi scientist Wernher von Braun    • NASA's Top Rocket Scientist Had a Controve...   Newsthink is produced and presented by Cindy Pom   / cindypom   Grab your Newsthink merch here: https://newsthink.creator-spring.com Thank you to our Patrons, including Igli Laci, Ronil Patel, Tom Eng Support us on Patreon:   / newsthink   Sources: 1:16 Manhattan apartment image: Eden, Janine and Jim Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) via Flickr https://flic.kr/p/2giAfSn (edited by Newsthink) 1:23 David Shankbone, CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... via Wikimedia Commons 1:43 John Phelan, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... via Wikimedia Commons 2:04 Science Museum London / Science and Society Picture Library, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... via Wikimedia Commons 2:32 Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 2.5 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... via Wikimedia Commons (edited by Newsthink) 2:46 NiSaTi, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... via Wikimedia Commons 3:02 Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-1987-0703-507 / unbekannt / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... via Wikimedia Commons 3:09 Bundesarchiv, Bild 102-10541 / Georg Pahl / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... via Wikimedia Commons 3:14 Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-S55480 / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... via Wikimedia Commons 4:05 brainchildvn on Flickr, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... via Wikimedia Commons 7:27 ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv / Fotograf: Mandelmann, Erling / Com_L13-0299-0001-0031 / CC BY-SA 4.0, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... via Wikimedia Commons 9:01 Unknown author Unknown author, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons 12:39 PD-USGov-DOE (original), cc-by-sa-3.0 (this derivative) 13:56 - 14:07 Images sourced from JFK Library (public domain) 14:39 ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv / Fotograf: Mandelmann, Erling / Com_M13-0401-0001-0002 / CC BY-SA 4.0, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... via Wikimedia Commons 15:10 Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... via Wikimedia Commons 15:15 Uwe Brodrecht, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... via Wikimedia Commons