There's a reason they called it theoretical physics. No one really knew for sure what would happen when we split the atom. At Los Alamos, the famous scientist Enrico Fermi jokingly suggested a bet: the bomb would ignite the atmosphere – and end all life on earth. Not everyone thought it was funny. The sky didn't catch fire, but the mushroom cloud over the New Mexico desert that day cast a long shadow. It began an explosive era of secrecy and fear that we still live with today. Atomic Age Declassified tells the untold stories of a time that brought us to the edge of human possibility – and the verge of total annihilation – more times than we ever knew.
Show Info
Network: Smithsonian Channel
(2019 -
2019)
Schedule: Sundays at 21:00
(60 min)
Status: Ended
Show Type:
Documentary
Genres:
WarHistory
Episodes ordered: 3 episodes
Official site: www.smithsonianchannel.com
7.2 (5 votes)
Previous Episode
Filming the Bomb
Episode 1x03; Jun 30, 2019
In 2017, the U.S. released films from a generation of nuclear tests -- allowing scientists to study the last images of thermonuclear explosions we hope we'll ever see. But just getting them took years of trying – and dozens of nuclear explosions. In…
Previous Episodes
Episode Name | Airdate | Trailer |
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1x03: Filming the Bomb | Jun 30, 2019 | |
1x02: Spies in Space | Jun 23, 2019 | |
1x01: Born with the Bomb | Jun 16, 2019 |