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Ask HN: Any Physics concepts to learn before watching Oppenheimer?

1 points by Kalpeshbhalekar 3y ago

Asking for a friend :)

albert_e 3y ago
Nah, I prepped for Interstellar and flunked it anyway. / just kidding, of course.
- Kalpeshbhalekar 3y ago
  Haha okay!
sashank_1509 3y ago
For better or worse the movie focuses mostly on Communist prosecution of scientists and not on the scientific aspects of building the atomic bomb. You’ll be fine
- Kalpeshbhalekar 3y ago
  Thanks Sashank!
gregjor 3y ago
The movie doesn’t assume or require any understanding of nuclear physics, which may explain why so many non-physicists enjoy it. One doesn’t need to understand marine biology to watch Jaws, or Roman history to enjoy Gladiator.