April 24, 2024
Christopher Nolan’s biopic Oppenheimer has captured the interest of nearly 100 million people around the world. Dr. Hecker will provide the back story to some key elements of the film and share his views on the legacy of Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project, based on his more than five-decades associated with the laboratory Oppenheimer led.
Speaker: Dr. Siegfried S. Hecker, Professor of Practice, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Middlebury Institute of International Studies, Director Emeritus, Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Moderator: Dr. William Potter, Director, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies and Sam Nunn and Richard Lugar Professor of Nonproliferation Studies, Middlebury Institute of International Studies.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction by Dr. Potter
01:42 Presentation by Dr. Hecker
51:21 Q&A with remarks by former California Governor Jerry Brown
