Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967
A conversation with J. Robert Oppenheimer [motion picture] / CBS ; edited and produced by Edward R. Murrow and Fred W. Friendly ; 1954 Dec 16.
An extended version of the original interview with Oppenheimer conducted by Edward R. Murrow on December 16, 1954 at the Institute for Advanced Studies at Princeton University and broadcast on the CBS series 'See It Now,' on January 4, 1955. Oppenheimer discusses his accomplishments; the people, work and purpose of the Institute for Advanced Studies; the effects of McCarthyism and government secrecy on science and creativity; and his current work in particle physics.
Physicist (quantum theory and nuclear physics). On the physics faculty at California Institute of Technology and University of California, Berkeley in theoretical physics, 1929-1947; director of Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, 1943-1945; chairman of the General Advisory Committee of the Atomic Energy Commission, 1946-1952; director of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, 1947-1966.
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967
Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, N.J.)
Physicists -- United States -- Biography.
Nuclear physics
McCarthyism.
Friendly, Fred W.
Murrow, Edward R.
See it now (Television program)
AIP-ICOS
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA