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How the Manhattan Project Gave Us Today's Air Filters
HEPA filters are the basis of modern filtration - but they also represent a straight line from the Manhattan Project to your living room!
SciShow
Richard Feynman, The Great Explainer: Great Minds
Like SciShow? Help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso, or hold your liquids! Chapters View all GREAT EXPLAINERS 0:26 QUANTUM MECHANICS 2:54 THEORETICAL PHYSICS 3:04 PRANKING OTHER PHYSICISTS 3:55...
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How Kodak Discovered Radioactive Rain
The Trinity Test had some unexpected consequences, including the creation of radioactive rain found hundreds of miles away from the test site.
SciShow
The Manhattan Project
Some of the greatest advances in science have come from humanity's more destructive impulses. This is not the fault of science - when we discover powerful truths about the universe it's up to us to decide how to use them because they can...
Crash Course
The Atomic Bomb: Crash Course History of Science
The story picks up where we left off last time, with Einstein writing the president of his new homeland, the United States, urging him to build a nuclear weapon before Hitler. This is the tale of the most destructive force humans have...
Wonderscape
The Dawn of the Atomic Age and Reflections on War
Uncover the dramatic conclusion of World War II in the Pacific with the deployment of the atomic bomb, reflecting on the profound implications for humanity and the legacy of nuclear warfare. The Attack on Pearl Harbor and the Pacific...
Curated Video
The Legacy of the Atomic Bomb: From Hiroshima to the Cold War
This video provides a concise yet comprehensive overview of the impact of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II, the subsequent nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll, and the development of nuclear weapons through...
Curated Video
Inside the Making of Oppenheimer: The Legacy of the Little Boy and Fat Man
Little Boy And Fat Man are the nicknames given to the two weapons of mass destruction that devastated Hiroshima and Nagasaki, seem ridiculous when thinking about what they were capable of doing. Little Boy was the first nuclear bomb to...
John D Ruddy
World War 2 in 12 Minutes (Extended Edition) - Manny Man Does History
I thought I’d revisit one of my most watched videos, including my 10 More Things about WW2 and some previously unseen content.
Curated Video
How America Prepared for Nuclear War
This is the untold story of how the US prepped citizens for a potential atom-bomb Armageddon.
Curated Video
Manhattan Project Human Experiments
When scientists at the top secret 'Manhattan project' wanted to discover how radioactive bomb materials could affect the human body – they secretly injected terminally ill patients with uranium to find out.
Weird History
What Life Was Like While Working on the Manhattan Project
What was it like to live at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project? As thousands worked to build a top-secret atomic device, the US military tried to keep the entire city secret. All mail was screened and sent through a fake address at...
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Did You Know? The Manhattan Project
Learn more about the Manhattan Project.
Curated Video
How Robert J. Oppenheimer became the ‘Father of the Atomic Bomb’
Robert J. Oppenheimer, born on April 22, 1904, is known as the father of the atomic bomb. Oppenheimer was awarded a PhD in theoretical physics and was interested in the emerging field of quantum physics. As a scientist at the University...
Wonderscape
History Kids: The Attack on Pearl Harbor and the Pacific Theater of World War II
This video provides a historical overview of the events leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, the consequences of the attack, and the subsequent involvement of the United States in World War II. It also raises thought-provoking...
Curated Video
Chien-Shiung Wu: The First Lady of Physics
We hear a lot about famous scientists like Marie Curie and Albert Einstein, but have you ever heard of Chien-Shiung Wu and her work on the Manhattan Project?
PBS
Modern Warfare and Alien Invasions
What really crashed down to Earth in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947? Can we trust the government when they say it was just a weather balloon? Today Danielle looks at the history of alien conspiracies and what they teach us about the legacy...
Curated Video
Tennis for Two: America's First Video Game
It was pretty basic – but also revolutionary! Find out how American physicist William Higinbotham created Tennis For Two and discover its links to the mysterious Manhattan Project.
Bridgeman Arts
A is for Atom part 4 - 1952 Cold War-era cartoon about atomic energy
American animation about atomic energy - atom - nuclear. CU baseball - rotating globe - nuclear missile. Oak Ridge - site of construction of first atomic bomb. Nuclear reactor - atomic power plant - glowing electricity runs along pylons...
Curated OER
From World War to Cold War
From peace at the end of World War II, straight back to war. This resource details the changes in leadership in the Soviet Union post World War II. From the brief attempt at democracy, to the Bolshevik Revolution, and finally to Vladimir...
Cornell University
Cornell University: Personal and Historical Perspectives of Hans Bethe
A three-video lecture series from the theoretical physicist Hans Bethe. Also, read about his life and work, and how he became a key figure in nuclear physics during the course of the twentieth century.