But...now how will I ever know if Oppenheimer was successful at detonating the atomic bomb?

I got a chance to catch the first act of Doctor Atomic today. Hopefully I will soon get to see the entire thing and find out how it all ends (hehe), but alas I had way too much work to stay for Act II.

Doctor Atomic is an opera portraying the time just before the first atomic bomb is detonated. It was...interesting. It's kind of hard to get used to because it is a modern opera sung in English. So wile basically any mundane daily dialogue might sound beautiful and interesting in say Italian, in English it just sounds mundane. But it was still really fascinating to watch.

Plus, now I have a good idea of what Scotty does in the physics lab all day!
According to the opera, physicists...

- Sing about formulas and nuclear energy.
- Mime putting chemicals into bottles.
- Dancedancedance.
- Ignore their women for their science.

Scott, am I right?!?!?!