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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’s first nuclear bomb on Japanese civilians.

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?
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