The Oppenheimer Movie Is Playing Into the Cultural Firmament

The Oppenheimer movie is playing into that idea of deep profound anxiety and insecurity that the Americans had after the Second World War. The best known face of the 20th century, I would suspect is up there with Stalin and Hitler, is Einstein. Albert Einstein became a global brand, a global celebrity, you know? And all his quotes and all his with-assisms and his appearing in Hollywood. So it's an amazing that physics, the 20th Century, was very much the century of physics and the men and the white coats.