Enrico Fermi
Italian–American physicist (1901–1954)
Episodes
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#5231: Uranium: From Yellow Glass to Little BoyConnecticut well water, Roman glass, and the isotope that changed the world — the strange story of element 92. -
#5798: Project Sundial: Teller's 10-Gigaton Doomsday ProposalEdward Teller proposed a 10,000-megaton bomb in 1954. The physics allowed it — the delivery problem killed it. -
#5793: Little Boy: The Untested Bomb That Changed WarThe gun-type bomb was never tested — yet it was the one they trusted. What Hiroshima's design and aftermath reveal about nuclear war.