How to Build an Atomic Bomb - WW2 Documentary Special

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  @WorldWarTwo · 2 years ago · pinned

  Nuclear power has been both hailed and reviled since the atomic age began; hailed for the energy produced, and reviled for the damage it can and has both intentionally and accidentally unleashed upon the earth.  This episode is about 1944, but what do you think the future holds for atomic energy here in 2023?

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• FL

  @FLORATOSOTHON · 2 years ago

  As a Mechanical Engineer with a PhD in Applied Thermodynamics and additional studies in Energy Production methods, Nuclear Engineering and Modern Physics, I congratulate you on the detailed and highly accurate description of the subject.<br>Very good work.

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• SA

  @sammyboi2951 · 2 years ago

  Neumann János (John von Neumann), Szilárd Leó and Teller Ede. &nbsp;3 Hungarian physicists who helped in the development of the atomic bomb making it a true international effort.

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• IN

  @InsolentViolet · 2 years ago

  This video is proof that Indy can present on any topic, and make you believe he knows exactly what he is talking about✌. &nbsp;Unless you are a secret nuclear physicist and we just didn’t know it Indy? 😎

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• DA

  @davidblair9877 · 2 years ago (edited)

  Supposedly, during that fateful run over Hiroshima, Col. Tibbits’ bombardier also maintained the <i>Enola Gay’s</i> logbook. &nbsp;His comment upon release was to the effect of “It will be interesting to see the effect of this weapon upon the city.” &nbsp;His next entry, supposedly written immediately after the detonation, reads “My God, what have we done?”

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• RO

  @ronaldfinkelstein6335 · 2 years ago (edited)

  The test nuclear &apos;device&apos; was called &quot;The Gadget&quot;. &nbsp;&quot;Fat Man&quot; (which may have been named after Sidney Greenstreet, in &quot;The Maltese Falcon&quot;) was the bomb dropped on Nagasaki. &nbsp;The bomb dropped on Hiroshima was called &quot;Little Boy&quot;

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• DI

  @diegos1325 · 2 years ago

  i really feel that Oppenheimer missed a chance in sponsoring you guys to make a video like this back before it came out

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• PH

  @PhilipDarragh · 2 years ago

  The 3 most expensive projects of WW2 for the U.S. R the following:<br><br>1) the B-29<br><br>2) the Manhattan project<br><br>3) the Norden Bomb Sight.<br><br>The Norden Bomb Sight was a failure. It did not perform well over the skies of occupied Europe.<br><br>The bomb sight only worked well under optimal conditions.

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• MI

  @michaldubovsky1605 · 2 years ago

  I have a PhD in Nuclear and subnuclear physics, but still the video was very informative and interesting for me. Very good job! (as always 🙂 )

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• NO

  @nospam865 · 2 years ago

  &quot;Where&apos;s the kaboom? &nbsp;There was supposed to be an Earth shattering kaboom!&quot; <br><br>I couldn&apos;t help thinking of this with Indy&apos;s descriptions 😁

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• PA

  @Paladin1873 · 2 years ago

  Making a highly technical and complex topic digestible to the average viewer is an impressive achievement in itself.

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• RI

  @rickhobson3211 · 2 years ago

  Correction though: &nbsp;Fatman was the bomb dropped on Japan. &nbsp;The device tested in New Mexico was &quot;the Gadget.&quot; &nbsp;It was the O.G. &nbsp;Original Gadget.

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