S1.6 The first atomic bomb

Published: Sept. 4, 2020, 11:05 p.m.

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Time is running out. As Manhattan Project scientists test the world\\u2019s first nuclear bomb, Leo Szilard knows it\\u2019s the last chance to stop the US government from dropping the bomb on Japanese civilians. Working with colleagues at Chicago\\u2019s Met Lab, Szilard does all he can to alert the US president. But will his message get there in time? \\n#thebomb

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