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A little-known scientist discovers the destructive possibilities of harnessing nuclear power, setting the course for the world’s first atomic bomb.
A little-known scientist discovers something that will change the course of human history.
After befriending some of the world’s greatest physicists in 1920s Berlin, Albert Einstein among them, Leo Szilard is forced to flee when the Nazis come to power. In London, he discovers the destructive possibilities of harnessing nuclear power; setting the course for the world’s first atomic bomb.
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The Bomb
The story of the atomic bomb. Told through the scientists and spies who changed history
