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BETHE:Barbed wire, guns. Oppie. ROBERT:We're at war, Hans. Halifax. 1917. A cargo ship carrying munitionsexplodes in the harbor. A vast and suddenchemical reaction. The biggest man-madeexplosion in history. Now let's calculatehow much more destructive it would have beenif it were a nuclear and not a chemical reaction. Expressing power in termsof tons of TNT. But it will be thousands. Well, then kilotons
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BETHE Barbed wire guns
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Oppie
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ROBERT We're at war Hans
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Halifax 1917
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A cargo ship carrying munitions explodes in the harbor
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explosions
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A vast and sudden chemical reaction
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violent whooshing
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The biggest man made explosion in history
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Now let's calculate how much more destructive
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it would have been if it were a nuclear
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and not a chemical reaction
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Expressing power in terms of tons of TNT
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But it will be thousands
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Well then kilotons
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The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.