Matt in turn. Alex wellerstein is a story of science and nuclear technology. Hes a professor at the Stevens Institute of technology in hoboken, New Jersey wasted a director of the Science And Technology studies of Science And Technology studies in the college of arts and letters his first Book Restricted Data the history of nuclear secrecy in the United States published as eric just mentioned just last month by the university of chicago. Press is the first attempt at a comprehensive history of nuclear weapons. Its the first attempt at a comprehensive history of how nuclear weapons ushered in a new period of governmental and scientific secrecy in the United States his writings on the history of nuclear weapons have appeared in the New Yorker the atlantic magazine harpers magazine the Washington Post and many other venues and this includes the Wilson Centers a number of events at alex has participated in as as part of our nuclear proliferation international history project. His online nu
Alex wellerstein is a story of science and nuclear technology. Hes a professor at the Stevens Institute of technology in hoboken, New Jersey wasted a director of the Science And Technology studies of Science And Technology studies in the college of arts and letters his first Book Restricted Data the history of nuclear secrecy in the United States published as eric just mentioned just last month by the university of chicago. Press is the first attempt at a comprehensive history of nuclear weapons. Its the first attempt at a comprehensive history of how nuclear weapons ushered in a new period of governmental and scientific secrecy in the United States his writings on the history of nuclear weapons have appeared in the New Yorker the atlantic magazine harpers magazine the Washington Post and many other venues and this includes the Wilson Centers a number of events at alex has participated in as as part of our nuclear proliferation international history project. His online nuclear weapon e
yes. there s a lot of time course correct. this is not a are we doomed or are we not cooked question. everything we do to reduce co2 emissions right now helps to lower the temperature of the planet in a long run and helps to reduce the impact. but i think what we are seeing now is a signal that this is happening now. it s happening fast. this is an emergency. this global warming climate change is not something that is happening far off in the distance to people that are living in the future or in some of their place. it s happening to us. we need to get serious about it. and this is what this summer is about, i think. jeff goodell, whose new book, the heat will kill you first, is out now. jeff, thank you for being here tonight. thanks for having me. that does it for the show tonight. i m jonathan capehart in for alex wagner. i ll be back at 9 am tomorrow on the saturday show, to you with congressman james clyburn of south carolina. congressman jasmine crockett of texa
oppenheimer: they are weapons of aggression, of surprise and of terror. richard rhodes: oppenheimer wanted the bomb to be used. how else would the world know what it was? eleanor roosevelt: dr. oppenheimer, are we creating something we may not be able to control? oppenheimer: in a world of atomic weapons, wars will cease. (ticking) newsreel narrator: it is d-minus one for the test of the world s first atomic device. else: this cultured, nonviolent man was responsible for birthing the most violent weapon in human history. and he devoted the rest of his life to trying to control the monster that he had unleashed. oppenheimer: if there is another world war. .this civilization may go under. kai bird: he became a political pariah. edward r. murrow: is it true that humans have already discovered a method of destroying humanity? (cameras clicking) else: and it finally ruined him. oppenheimer: now i am become death, the destroyer of worlds. (explosion booming) we have made a thing
- -(clock ticking) jon else: robert oppenheimer was the father of the atomic bomb. he was this complex ball of contradictions. oppenheimer: they are weapons of aggression, of surprise and of terror. richard rhodes: oppenheimer wanted the bomb to be used. how else would the world know what it was? eleanor roosevelt: dr. oppenheimer, are we creating something we may not be able to control? oppenheimer: in a world of atomic weapons, wars will cease. (ticking) newsreel narrator: it is d-minus one for the test of the world s first atomic device. else: this cultured, nonviolent man was responsible for birthing the most violent weapon in human history. and he devoted the rest of his life to trying to control the monster that he had unleashed. oppenheimer: if there is another world war. .this civilization may go under. kai bird: he became a political pariah. edward r. murrow: is it true that humans have already discovered a method of destroying humanity? (cameras clicking) else: and