The Manhatten Project – The real story of Oppenheimer
The Manhatten Project; It's sad but unavoidable fact that some of humanity's most significant achievements in science have resulted from its more destructive tendencies. For example, German chemist Fritz Haber discovered how to fix nitrogen from the atmosphere to manufacture massive bombs used to murder people during World War One. However, technology was also employed to create the world's first synthetic fertilisers, which changed the way the world feeds itself.
Similarly, ancient Chinese alchemists discovered gunpowder, but it was improved by Europeans who exploited it to conquer half of the world. None of this is the fault of science; when we learn tremendous truths about the cosmos, it is up to us to decide how to apply them. Because they may be either boons or banes to humani...
