Nuclear weapons
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- Posted22 April
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- Posted12 April
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- Posted9 April
Human Intelligence. Manhattan Project: Albert Einstein. Audio, 15 minutes
How a world famous pacifist jump-started the Manhattan Project and revolutionised science.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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Human Intelligence. Manhattan Project: Lise Meitner. Audio, 15 minutes
The woman who discovered nuclear fission but would have nothing to do with the bomb.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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Human Intelligence. Manhattan Project: John von Neumann. Audio, 15 minutes
The game theory pioneer who made the information age possible.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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Human Intelligence. Manhattan Project: Niels Bohr. Audio, 15 minutes
A scientific genius who saw poetry in the subatomic world
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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Human Intelligence. Manhattan Project: J Robert Oppenheimer. Audio, 14 minutes
The father of the atom bomb who longed to be an all-American hero.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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- Posted7 March
History's Heroes. History's Youngest Heroes, Vasily Arkhipov and the End of Days. Audio, 29 minutes
A young naval officer must choose whether to save the world or trigger its destruction.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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- Posted2 February
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- Posted28 January
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- Posted25 January
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- Posted21 January
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- Posted17 January
Witness History. Klaus Fuchs: Oppenheimer’s atomic spy. Audio, 9 minutes
In 1950, Klaus Fuchs admitted passing top secret nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union
- AttributionBBC World Service
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- Posted20 December 2024
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- Posted6 December 2024
Witness History. India’s 1998 nuclear tests. Audio, 9 minutes
Nalini Malani made an artwork protesting against India's nuclear tests
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
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- Posted5 December 2024
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- Posted5 December 2024
American History Hit. The Atomic Bomb & the Secret City. Audio, 28 minutes
In 1939 Franklin D Roosevelt was warned that the Nazis may be developing nuclear weapons
- AttributionBBC Sounds
- Available for over a year
Unspun World with John Simpson. Could Russia's war with Ukraine escalate? Audio, 27 minutes
John Simpson examines the risk of nuclear escalation in Russia’s war with Ukraine
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
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- Posted21 November 2024
