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This is interesting because it is the original paper discussing the discovery of nuclear fission. It's referenced in the recent productions Oppenheimer and Turn
by keepamovin 2y ago
This is interesting because it is the original paper discussing the discovery of nuclear fission. It's referenced in the recent productions Oppenheimer and Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
- keepamovin 2y agoOr, more strictly, this is a replication of the original German paper of the December 1938 discovery, a translation of which is here: https://history.aip.org/exhibits/mod/fission/fission2/09a60.html https://history.aip.org/exhibits/mod/fission/fission2/09a60....
- credit_guy 2y agoThanks for mentioning this documentary. I didn't know about it, after all the noise created by the Oppenheimer movie (which I hated with a passion). I'll be sure to watch it. People just don't realize the magnitude of what Oppenheimer achieve, and they fail to realize it by a few orders of magnitude. And the Oscar-studded movie, instead of trying to convey that, decided to focus on the fairly mundane point Oppenheimer losing his security clearance because of some political machinations.
- keepamovin 2y agoYou are welcome! Thanks for sharing what you think of the movie. About the doco: I found it extremely informative, not just about the bomb but the larger geopolitical considerations of the pre-WWII to post Cold War era. Bunch of really good interview segments too.