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S1.6 The first atomic bomb
Time is running out. Leo Szilard makes one final attempt to stop the US government from dropping the world鈥檚 first nuclear bomb on Japanese civilians.
Time is running out. As Manhattan Project scientists test the world鈥檚 first nuclear bomb, Leo Szilard knows it鈥檚 the last chance to stop the US government from dropping the bomb on Japanese civilians. Working with colleagues at Chicago鈥檚 Met Lab, Szilard does all he can to alert the US president. But will his message get there in time?
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The Bomb
The story of the atomic bomb. Told through the scientists and spies who changed history