Richard Rhodes — The Making of the Atomic Bomb

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Introduction

00:00 • 3min

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The End of Nuclear Weapons

02:35 • 3min

3

Reagan and Gorbachev's Strategic Defense Initiative

05:32 • 3min

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Gorbachev and Reagan in a Normal House

08:46 • 5min

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The Problem With the Strategic Defense Initiative

13:40 • 3min

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Why Did America and the Russians Build So Many Nuclear Weapons?

16:50 • 3min

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The Prestige Factor in Nuclear Weapons

20:06 • 4min

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The Physics of a Nuclear Winter

24:09 • 5min

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The Origins of the Atomic Chain Reaction

29:36 • 6min

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The Chain Reaction Insight

35:16 • 4min

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The Secret of the Manhattan Project

39:42 • 2min

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The Germans' Miscalculation of Graphite's Purity in a Nuclear Reactor

41:24 • 6min

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The Importance of Scientific Curiosity in the Manhattan Project

46:55 • 3min

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The Double Edged Sword of the Bomb

50:25 • 3min

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The Motivations of Scientists

53:25 • 4min

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The History of the Firebombing

57:38 • 4min

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The Importance of Youth in the Manhattan Project

01:01:42 • 4min

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The Problem With the Hiroshima Bomb

01:05:42 • 2min

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The History of the Atomic Bomb

01:07:56 • 2min

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The Physics of Explosion Design

01:09:53 • 3min

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The Importance of Science in the Second World War

01:12:57 • 2min

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The Tragic Death of Robert Oppenheimer

01:14:58 • 4min

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The Life and Times of Robert Oppenheimer

01:19:01 • 3min

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Robert Oppenheimer's Interview With Edward Teller

01:21:47 • 2min

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The Importance of Collaboration in Science

01:23:28 • 5min

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Oppenheimer: A Lab Director

01:28:36 • 5min

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The Life and Times of Robert Oppenheimer

01:33:16 • 5min

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The Importance of Groves

01:38:32 • 5min

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The Importance of Parallel Approaches in Project Management

01:43:07 • 5min

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The Cost of Uranium Separation Plants

01:48:12 • 3min

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The Importance of Organizational Culture in the Manhattan Project

01:50:52 • 3min

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The History of Physics in the Early 20th Century

01:54:03 • 3min

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The Manhattan Project and the History of Science

01:57:17 • 3min

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The Importance of Groves in the Manhattan Project

02:00:36 • 2min

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How to Conduct Interviews Effectively

02:02:20 • 3min

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The Importance of Walking the Ground

02:05:31 • 3min

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The Importance of Language in Interviewing Scientists

02:08:04 • 4min

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The Importance of Reading the History of Nuclear Energy

02:12:00 • 2min

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The Moral Importance of Area Bombing

02:14:02 • 5min

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The History of Bombing

02:19:14 • 5min

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The Social and Cultural Consequences of Nuclear Weapons

02:24:27 • 4min

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The Destroyance of Nuclear Weapons

02:28:03 • 3min

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The Future of Nuclear War

02:31:19 • 4min

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The Stability of Dyads

02:35:47 • 2min

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The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

02:37:42 • 4min

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The Politics of Nuclear Weapons

02:41:32 • 4min

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The Importance of Luck in Nuclear War

02:45:10 • 6min

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The Importance of Open Science

02:50:42 • 2min

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The Paradox of Nuclear Weapons

02:52:31 • 3min

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The Long Pace of Nuclear Warfare

02:55:18 • 6min

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The Unintended Consequences of Nuclear Weapons

03:01:12 • 4min

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The Danger of Nuclear War

03:05:25 • 3min

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The Parallels Between Atomic Bomb and Artificial General Intelligence

03:08:40 • 6min

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Reverse Engineering of UFO Technology

03:14:10 • 3min

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The Power of Blank Sources

03:17:26 • 5min

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Can We Survive Technology?

03:22:03 • 4min

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The Limits of Growth

03:26:18 • 4min

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The Evolution of Energy

03:30:45 • 3min

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The Slowdown of Transitions in New Technologies

03:34:13 • 3min

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The Slow Re-Education of a Society to Accept and Use New Technologies

03:36:50 • 5min