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#284 | The Atomic Bomb Part 1: The Manhattan Project
Category: Education
Duration: 00:20:40
Publish Date: 2022-07-28 22:00:00
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Part one of this three-part mini-series on The Atomic Bomb. 

In this episode, we explore the discovery of nuclear fission, the key scientists involved, The Manhattan Project and the race to develop a functioning atomic bomb.


  • Early ideas about atomism
  • Modern atomic theory in the 19th and 20th centuries
  • The discovery of nuclear fission
  • War breaks out in Europe
  • Einstein and Szilárd's letter to President Roosevelt
  • The Manhattan Project
  • The first atomic test in Nevada
  • “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds”

Full transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/manhattan-project


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