Oppenheimer vs Einstein

Dan Snow's History Hit

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🗓️ 11 March 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Today we're talking about two 20th century titans, the physicists J. Robert Oppenheimer and Albert Einstein. Their scientific achievements changed the world, and yet they were sceptical of one another. In the 1930s, Oppenheimer had described Einstein as 'completely cuckoo' - later in his life, Einstein would say that he admired Oppenheimer as a man, but not as a physicist.

So why did Einstein feel so uneasy about Oppenheimer's discoveries? And who left the most profound legacy? Dan is joined by Cindy Kelly, founder and President of the Atomic Heritage Foundation, to find out.

Produced by James Hickmann and edited by Dougal Patmore.

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1:00.0	Hi everybody, welcome to Dan Snow's history hit. We're talking about two of the most important
1:08.7	men who have ever lived and breathed on the podcast today. And they had some choice words about each other.
1:16.7	In the 1930s, J Robert Oppenheimer, the young thrusting physicist called Einstein a complete cuckoo. Late in his life
1:29.0	Einstein said that he admired Oppenheimer as a man but not as a physicist.
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