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The Making and Utilization of the Atomic Bomb - part 1

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Get all of your questions about the history of the atomic bomb and the Manhattan Project answered. Learn what drove scientists such as Leo Szilard, Enrico Fermi, and Robert Oppenheimer to develop it, and why it was used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Part 1 of this episode explains how the bomb was developed and how it was used. Part 2 of this episode explores the arguments for and against the use of the atomic bombs on Japan.

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