Nuclear Engineer and Historian Break Down OPPENHEIMER
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References:
[1] Diakov, A. (2011) "The History of Plutonium Production in Russia," Science and Global Security, 19:28-45.
R. Rhodes, "The Making of the Atomic Bomb," 2012 Edition, New York, NY: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 1986.
K. Bird and M. J. Sherwin, "American Prometheus: the triumph and tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer," 1st ed., New York, NY: Vintage Books, 2006.
NUKEMAP by Alex Wellerstein, https://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/
Attribution:
Single slit and double slit2, 04:32, (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...) by Jordgette is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 ((https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
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J. Ernest Wilkins, Jr. (https://www.ans.org/about/presidents/...)
Timestamps
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:27 Can you hear the music?
00:01:36 What's wrong with him?
00:02:08 Heisenberg
00:03:23 Quantum mechanics
00:05:44 Communism
00:08:43 General Groves
00:12:20 Oak Ridge and Hanford
00:18:45 Destroy the world
00:21:17 Kitty Oppenheimer
00:26:47 Teller's Super
00:33:18 The Chicago Pile
00:39:51 Compartmentalization
00:44:09 Col. Pash
00:47:31 Heavy water
00:51:34 Hitler's dead
00:55:32 Explosive lenses
00:57:52 The Trinity test
01:05:59 Oppie's bomb speech
01:09:44 That crybaby
01:13:10 The bomb's aftermath
01:17:47 Strauss' downfall
01:19:59 I believe we destroyed the world