Cascading effects of the Manhattan Project
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
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As Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer hits the screens, it has once again spurred discussion over early nuclear tests, the atomic bombs, and the morality of scientific work. ThePrint #PureScience, Sandhya Ramesh explains.
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Thanks for such amazing information. Always enjoy your scientific approach to various diverse topics.
kudos, you are very skillful in explaining the complex things in a simple and subtle way. Appreciated! See the viewership is growing.
Brilliant analysis … love it
Excellent video !! Though not restricted to scientific matter only , it equally well puts forward the social and health related impact on locals. Ms Sandhya's style and detail , is immaculate as usual 👍🏽👍🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Sandhya on one of my fav topic. 👏 Today @ 3 pm to the theatre's @chennai.
Kudos to Sandhya! Love your presentation!
Today on Pure Science, we explore how Christopher Nolan is whitewashing movies, and this is totally objective scientific fact and not opinionated and influenced by personal ideology.
A timely and interesting article, reviewing art and science at the same time. And you always articulate and present it well.
A couple of comments. There may have been intelligence reports that Japan was thinking of surrendering, but on ground it did not do so. Even after the first bomb was dropped and they could see the destruction, they did not surrender. So the facts on the ground appear to be that Japan was not going to surrender. Secondly, I have driven through the Los Alamos, New Mexico area many times. The whole area for hundreds of miles is dry and deserted. Nothing grows, barely any water or useful vegetation. When it barely has people today, I am not sure what was the impacted population back then. This is not to condone US Government’s actions toward its own (Native American) citizens, but times were different and empathy for people and value for life was quite low across the world. This was WW-II period with 75M casualties.
Absolute eye opening.
Thanks for such an amazing info
Again, The Print & Sandhya R brings out a timely report on the Atomic experiment. Brought out the human interest elements, but would have been great if the specs of the Las Alamos bomb and the difference it had with the Fat Boy, were also informed, then it would have completed the basics. BTAIM, it was nice opinion, and a great perspective. Lets denuclearize our world.
Hope this coming movie re-triggers that debate.
Nice! I like the way she has connected the dots!!! I am pretty sure after 75 to 80 years later, someone in posterity will create a biopic on Nolan, saying how he led the epitome of art of whitewashing the fact through movies!!
If Oppenheimer & Barbie had a child, would the child have his brains & her beauty or vice versa? BOOM!
vice versa would be a disaster brother!
Great work Sandhya, please add the written piece on the website as well. Sci-tech section on the webpage does not have pure science accessible I think. Although boring compared to videos, having written articles is extremely helpful for references and such to works in the future. (Think editing wiki page on Nolan as a starter)
Also it'll live up to the name 'The print' :D! Itll also help liven up that scitech page(do apologise if its somewhere else not on that page)
It's funny the video started with the "pure science" title but made it completely all about bashing white people.
Great analysis- but a great movie as well. Enjoyed both - the movie btw is based on a Pulitzer award winning biography
The sad reality behind one of America's most famous scientific achievement. This will remain in my head when I watch the movie.
This movie is only based on that book. Even after the Trinity test by Oppenheimer, Edward Teller later on conducted the hydrogen bomb test.
Just imagine what would have happened if the Nazis had built the bomb first. Some articles say that German scientist Heisenberg almost developed the bomb, but he delayed it by giving inaccurate data so that the Nazis would not have a bomb.
So insightful. Thank you for putting forth these various aspects largely unknown to many of us.
there are few gaps in this video.
1) someone would have developed nuclear weapon given the progress in science by 1939, just like someone would develop quantum computer, AI etc. question is, who would you have rather develop it ? China or Russia or US. I think answer is clear even from an Indian perspective. Just image China developing Quantum Computer first and using such a disruptive technology to settle geo-political issues with India or South China sea.
2) Japan would NOT have surrendered (well, if they wanted, they could have done so right after Hitler's death in April). Choice for Allied forces were, how to quickly to end the war. Weather to directly attack risking many deaths or use the new weapon. Of course, I think dropping second weapon was completely un-necessary. Finally, Japan was rebuilt with Western alliance and is a treaty bound ally of US
3) you skipped how New Mexico became part of US etc. and how western part was settled. I think US government failed to take of the local population and that is a complete let down by government.
Thanks for this information, and I am glad the Print preferred this for extensive coverage!🎉
Only ThePrint works to do bring our such deep analysis.
Superb
One of your best videos ....hope more and more people watch this video
You have become way better in presenting .. congratulations and good 🤞
Very well researched
Nicely done. It is unconfirmed if Japan was intending to surrender and invasion of mainland Japan with conventional forces was nearly impossible. Therefore the use of the bombs. But this information is unconfirmed.
Not sure if this video were to be part of the 'science' section, especially after the recent video on this very channel about poor science communication in India. That natives were evacuated, then not provided protective gear is good and even important information but should have been in addition to the science of the bomb. Especially off the topic was the long note on Bhagavad Gita. Sorry to be harsh, but needless Brahminical whine 'hai mera scripture mistranslate kar diya'. What all do you expect from Americans? Win the war, split the atom and then get the translation right?
This was really good
Thank you for bringing us such details & thought provoking insights! Sandhya's narration style drives home the points so well 👏👏
Finally Some Best Jornali am exposing suffering of Native American people 😢
Kudos to Print Team.
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Wow, Sandhya. Lovely piece
When both governments and scientists were ruthless in their pursuit, this will be the end result. Perhaps it was a time when life was not valued at all. Safety took a backseat over secrecy and success.
Wow you are the Shekhar Gupta of science...except way more precise 😅
Why am I unable to see your name anywhere?
I am prepared to be corrected but your assertion that the Japanese were ready to surrender is plain wrong. At best, there were a few officers of the ruling council, very much in minority, who were prepared to send out feelers to negotiate. The Japanese had demonstrated their resolve to fight till the last man throughout the war. I am not suggesting that i can say for sure that the bombings were justified, but wanted to clarify an important fact.
References please, especially for the claim that Hispanic died of berylliosis.
Excellent video analysis by @Sandhya Ramesh. Loved it.
I don't like leftist, communist channels but she makes good content
Thanks for telling others side of the story...
Sandhya woke up and chose violence 😮
Thanks for a different take and sharing this info.
Dearth of concern towards native and citizens.
Some hands speak louder than words.
You outdid Shekhar with this video 👏
Wow.. Great video
Extremely well presented. However, if WWII did prolong, as US Army thought it would, it is hard to say if the effects of Atom bombs made the worldwide death and destruction lesser or greater. I don't think anyone truly knows the answer.
Japanese military had the done more atrocities in the war Nanjing Massacre, comfort women and many. Even after the first bomb they asked innocent civilians to fight against US they didn't surrender. Still now the Japanese government has yet to fully acknowledge or apologize for them.
Thanx , ma'am
Shocking information
Oppenheimer over Barbie trash anyday. That being said, I plan to watch neither. Been a while since I watched a movie. Been avoiding movies since for about 5 years now. Good for your mental health.
The eastern philosophical conception of Time becomes ( because it does not translate very well ) Death, or more accurately, Decay, in the Western linear conception of time. Oppenheimer studied the Bhagavad Gita under a (western) Sanskrit scholar.
TYSM! This was so cool! I wish you could hire Johnny Haris style visual artists to go with your voice
Beauty with brain. Nice narrative with excellent homework by a beuty
There is a book on the history of science fiction... focusing on "Astounding", the magazine.. it has excellent telling of a side of the Manhattan project
Just for knowledge Japanese surrender was debated even after the nuclear attack , they were of a tenacious mindset and have fought battles till the last man
Thanks for the story, I wont be watching the movie which I was planning for today.
Great episode. Would love an episode on the Indian nuclear project..
What an immense repeat value this video has , already watched 5-10 times, it makes me more curious to know more about manhatten project, waiting for Sandhya's review of openhimer and also very curious to know what was the impact on Japanese and future generations post the atomic attack
Thanks Print for this well researched and informative presentation . We'll Done !
A very good video that was an eye opener to me. These are unknown facts that need to be told to the wider public.
Very detailed
Thanks Sandhya , it was eye opening
Fascinating information. Thank you!!
I'mma watch Barbie now that I know this ones so whitewashed.
its not whitewashed he just adapted straight from this pultzier winning book
Sandhya Ramesh - You Rock
Thanks for the video. I didn't know the US GOVERNMENT ruthlessly evacuated people and grabbed the lands for building this project. Oppenheimer himself regretted building the bomb and when he opposed building more powerful hydrogen bombs in late 40s he was stripped of his security clearance and humiliated by the US military.
just like how the INDIAN GOVERNMENT under narashima rao stole nuclear fissile material from a canadian civilian research reactor donated to india, illegally and secretly built and tested a nuclear weapon, and played the victim card when india got rightfully sanctioned for the same...yet no one is willing to talk about this...
BTW Americans continued to do this at much more bigger scale in bikini atoll islands....
Yes, entire islands in the bikini atoll evaporated in to smoke
Thank you so much for the information 🙏
Thank you for this.
thank you for showing true nature
video starts at 0:41
love #PureScience
Great summary 👍
Kafie sarahnia hai
Dhero shubhkamna wa badhai hai
Well, I don't want to watch it now..
this is a pretty bad take Sandya, for one, while its true that America knew Germans were no where close to developing an atomic bomb, people judge Americas decision for atomic bomb on Japan with huge hindsight. The precursor to atomic bomb on japan was brutal invasion of Saipan and Iwo jima, where the Japanese just made suicide charges instead of surrendering. Do not forget that the Japanese army on Saipan convinced the 64 civilian population that death would be better than suicide, all 64 of them jumped into the ocean. To this day, that cliff is called suicide cliff. There was also intelligence that japan was preparing to launch biological warfare on American west coast and much more. If you consider all these factors, even the in the best case the intention of Japanese would not be clear. They would have rather let the entire population of japan die than to surrender, that is the bushido code they followed.
Why was the need to drop 2 atomic bombs? if the intention of the atomic bomb at Hiroshima was to show off the Soviet union, why drop another in Nagasaki? One would have been enough of a deterrent right ? think about that when you get chance.
Stalin already knew about the Manhattan Project too, from agents the Soviets had in the program.
The way and expressions of telling or explaining things is just what I love in u... U are also as adorable as the way of explaining things ....😍... Love and respect for u
Wow...
Referring to Barbie, the hypersexualized icon, in this cast about one of the most remarkable scientists ever is poor judgement and taste, somewhat silly and certainly very avoidable!
Yup..it was just the timing of the movies she referred to
Did you hear her? "Hypersexualized doll and hyper-glorified scientists" Oppenheimer was a genius, like it or not. A lot of physicists contributed to this including S Chandrasekhar. While there's a lot of controversy including Einstein's letter, there's no reason to slander them with a deliberate co-reference to slapstick Barbie.
There's considerable complex history and controversy about the bomb.
It's ok to criticize Nolan's whitewashing, but there's hardly any to slander scientists like Oppenheimer.
By the way, even she doesn't confess Oppenheimer suffered some persecution. History is complex, when people do this in the name of journalism, it gives away the fact that in India science journalism is very ordinary, to put it mildly.
@@saigopala I expressed my view in a open forum as anyone can - you chose to troll me :) I wonder what remains for me to let go of.
Brilliant
I have been so disappointed seeing no-one is talking about misquoting Geeta. Nolan’s white washing and ignoring the plights of Indians is sad. Although the movie mentions about Indians moving at the site after manhattan project is scrapped, it completely ignores their travesty
In Interstellar, the first scene shows an Indian drone praising Indian achievements. In the Dunkirk movie, there is a scene where a British captain says that they will risk anything and rescue everyone including French, African, and others. He does not misquote anything from the Gita; he simply adapted the screenplay from the pultzier award winning book. Oppenheimer is the one who misquoted it.
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I do not accept your criticism that Nolan white washes everything. It is not possible to please all the parties in a movie. Directors got to tell a lot in a limited time. Btw, you conveniently ignored Nolan's 2020 movie Tenet, which has a black protagonist.
Sandhya mam...u lost Alot of your charm and energy. What happened to u mam
Apart from info that u r providing It'll be an offence if we don't appreciate how cute u are.
Ur cuteness is distracting me