Going Nuclear - The Science Of Nuclear Weapons - Part 1 - Just a Theory

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Published on November 16, 2017 6:55:34 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWWjbnAVFKA

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Going Nuclear is a multi part series where I go into detail on how nuclear weapons work, looking deep at the science and explaining how some curious discoveries in the early 20th century lead to the most powerful weapons ever used in war, and how those were tuned and evolved into the smaller, more powerful modern weapons.

Part 1 covers the early experimental discoveries and how they provided the theoretical underpinnings to show that Atomic chain reactions would work and how that might lead to a new form of energy.

Music is 'Tranquility Base' by Kevin Macleod / Incompetech.com