Nuclear Fision - The Most Incredible Energy in the Universe

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

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