The Bomb   /     6 The first atomic bomb

Description

Time is running out. As Manhattan Project scientists test the world’s first nuclear bomb, Leo Szilard knows it’s the last chance to stop the US government from dropping the bomb on Japanese civilians. Working with colleagues at Chicago’s Met Lab, Szilard does all he can to alert the US President. But will his message get there in time? #thebomb

Subtitle
Time is running out. Leo Szilard makes one final attempt to stop the bomb
Duration
1641
Publishing date
2020-09-04 23:05
Link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08qj3gy
Contributors
  BBC World Service
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Enclosures
http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download/proto/http/vpid/p08qj2wy.mp3
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