Where are the ‘violet hues’ and ‘bath of heat’? Australian scientists review what Oppenheimer gets wrong

One nuclear expert says the film is unrealistic because it portrays quantum mechanics as hard'

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Australian nuclear experts have reviewed Oppenheimer and say it is epic, intense and compelling - but not always accurate.

Its portrayal of the first atomic bomb detonation, for example, lacked the violet hues" and heat wave of the real thing.

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