The Letter That Led to the Atomic Bomb | Genius
Albert Einstein becomes a United States citizen and faces a moral dilemma in service to his new country.
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Let’s be honest, who’s here after Oppenheimer?
@neoxz_10
11 ай бұрын
i was abt to comment!
@TeamSboveOfficial
11 ай бұрын
Me
@JosephElliottColeman
11 ай бұрын
Me!!😀
@ThEraserKey
10 ай бұрын
i am not. I am here because i like psychics, watched barbie instead. which I truly recomend
@tom.swellow
10 ай бұрын
Not me, just came across this video and got so interested.
He was scared that the a-bomb could destroy a port. Understatement of the century.
@u.v.s.5583
2 жыл бұрын
First he tells us there is no space and no time, now he tells us there is not going to be even a port? He must be a commie or something.
@ekesandras1481
Жыл бұрын
He thought it might be a very large and heavy apparatus that only a ship could carry. They didn't expect back in 1939 that it could be miniaturized to fit into an airplane.
@garrettcarrett8634
Жыл бұрын
@@ekesandras1481 They had no idea until very very far into development that it could be so small.
@sroy7982
11 ай бұрын
to be fair he did say that it would destroy some of the surrounding territory just didnt say that the territory included the rest of the city
@arpitqw1
11 ай бұрын
Ports are considered most important as they are part of supply chain.. in entire would war 2.. ports were the focus in entire territories.
Secrecy will be vital sir... Talking about atomic bombs on a corridor full of people.
@innocentazeson8075
4 жыл бұрын
May be at the time... None who heard of atomic bomb would know what it is until after it was launched and the name became popular
@thedarkdivinity7525
4 жыл бұрын
If you understand anything about security clearance in high places. Those people working in there all have the highest clearance which enable them to be there.
@yooshatarique019
3 жыл бұрын
Can anyone plz tell me how can I watch the full episodes
@yoyu2567
3 жыл бұрын
Wasn't it that 40,000 people worked on it and all of them kept the secret
@mansonaty
3 жыл бұрын
Lol right
Actually, Einstein didn't write that letter. Leó Szilárd wrote it with the help of two fellow hungarian scientists and sent to Einstein to sign it, because he was the biggest name in physics that time.
@themajor2190
5 жыл бұрын
Is this true?
@sreddi83
5 жыл бұрын
@@themajor2190 Somewhat true. They initially wrote the letter to Einstein for that reason but it was filled with mistakes so Einstein edited it and then sent it off. But Leo, Edward Teller and Eugene Wigner first gave the idea to Einstein who remarked "I didn't even think about that"
@jackhenlo2181
5 жыл бұрын
@@themajor2190 I think it might be true, I remember reading a Einstein biography a few years ago, and faintly remember this .
@stevenxdavis
5 жыл бұрын
Sources are needed in this day and age.
@danamay1718
4 жыл бұрын
Great fact to know.
I guess you could say even his wife was 'relative'
@mangakadosmil1143
5 жыл бұрын
His wife was his 2nd cousin
@superpussycat6648
5 жыл бұрын
hahahaha
@al-enezi6074
5 жыл бұрын
He married his 1st cousin
@Dpaz2009
5 жыл бұрын
haha! good one!
@unknownnepali772
5 жыл бұрын
thats relative of physics or relativr of family...lol both makes sense😂😂😂
Albert Einstein literally regarded this as his greatest mistake of his entire career when he helped with creating a nuclear bomb by a letter.
@m.r4841
Жыл бұрын
True. But at the time it was the right decision
@grandcanyon-pg2px
Жыл бұрын
You think Hitler would've not bombed London, Moscow and New York if he had beaten them to it ?
@FM-dm8xj
Жыл бұрын
@@grandcanyon-pg2px these people dont understand politics.
@danishh8454
Жыл бұрын
@@grandcanyon-pg2px no idea but one surely mad dictator nuke the world
@readyfourwar
Жыл бұрын
If america didn't create it first the russians would have taken over the world.. america has deep flaws.. we do rule the world for now. But for the most part we let the world do its thing. I seriously doubt russia,china would be the same
Hmmm, now I know that the inventor of Atomic Bomb is Captain Barbossa. You should be careful Jack.
@CptGqM
6 жыл бұрын
Luckily Barbossa is dead. Jack has nothing to worry about. Oh wait... Davy Jones is back! Jack can now use the Atom Bomb against him!
@TheENDjoy
5 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@vazquezb2011
5 жыл бұрын
You're best start believing in Manhattan Projects, Mr Oppenheimer. You're in one!
@rennykumar9397
4 жыл бұрын
@@CptGqM Good Sequel....
@yooshatarique019
3 жыл бұрын
Can anyone plz tell me how can I watch the full episodes
why you don't publish all the episodes of Genius Einstein....you'll get millions of views...and everyone would love it......pleaseeeeeeee..... it's a request!!
@ahmad5640
4 жыл бұрын
Copyright.
@elmiralustiva7593
4 жыл бұрын
@@ahmad5640 copyright? Excuse me, this is nat geo's channel.
@momentary_
4 жыл бұрын
@@ahmad5640 National Geographic owns the shows, so they could upload full episodes if they wanted to. They won't, because airing them on streaming services generates more revenue.
@user-rv8ck3qy4f
4 жыл бұрын
Yes please
@anandprakash3070
4 жыл бұрын
Where can we see full episodes?
Didn't know Captain Barbosa was involved in the Atomic Bomb, he truly is the most feared pirate of all time.
@khafvaal4415
Жыл бұрын
he is done with sparrow's antics
@nordscan9043
Жыл бұрын
@@khafvaal4415Savvy
My fatal mistake :(
@manindersingh6748
5 жыл бұрын
No dude it was a corrective decision just imagine if Germany made that bomb 🤯
@chrisprilloisebola
5 жыл бұрын
@@manindersingh6748 or if the us had to invade a suicidal japan
@manindersingh6748
5 жыл бұрын
@@chrisprilloisebola lol
@manindersingh6748
5 жыл бұрын
@@chrisprilloisebola us would already have done that if it was there plan cuz they actually won
@chrisprilloisebola
5 жыл бұрын
@@manindersingh6748 it would cost too many american soldier casualties. Ironically the bombs saved lives
E=MC2. “This will change everything except man’s way of thinking.” Albert Einstein
I still don't understand why the *outro sound* is so *raised* in relation to the rest of the *video*.
@rexthegamergembox
6 жыл бұрын
yes...
@subscribeorsus6862
4 жыл бұрын
@Maximilian Lorenz brilliant. Thx
@penisbutthole1720
3 жыл бұрын
it is all relative
Einstein was born on 3.14 I'm mind blown
@restitutororbis964
6 жыл бұрын
Nerdysaurus Hawking died in 3.14, coincidence?
@Aussie_Vampire2024
5 жыл бұрын
3.1416 hours = pie
@frostpyrogaming5250
5 жыл бұрын
@@factanonverba8082 W E L I V E I N A S O C I E T Y
@philiplauren7024
5 жыл бұрын
Evan Blodgett What exactly do you mean with those numbers? Please respond. I am actually very/really serious.
@XComPointer
4 жыл бұрын
Or 14.3 in europe
1:41 that spit though
@kamranbashir4842
7 жыл бұрын
That's called spirit, without an R and extra I also
@NihilanthNonServiam
6 жыл бұрын
When talking to a Jew you're bombared with saliva, it's like the Gaza strip.- Author of this quote undisclosed.
@fleetdivyanshu4387
6 жыл бұрын
Lumi gadha
@azurenotation488
6 жыл бұрын
Lumi lmao
@yooshatarique019
3 жыл бұрын
Can anyone plz tell me how can I watch the full episodes
Who here after Oppenheimer?
I live next to one of the reservations where they built nuclear reactors to manufacturer the materials needed to make the atomic bombs. It's crazy to imagine that the only reason my city exists is because the government decided to do a super secret project that required the people working on it to live apart from the rest of the world. We would have just been farmland if it hadn't been for this project.
@_redraven
2 жыл бұрын
That's very fascinating, where do you live ? I came across your comment after 2 years of it been posted
@chenchen_02_
Жыл бұрын
@@_redraven probably dead by the nukes
@tandiazimmermann1020
Жыл бұрын
Why does this remind me of the Oppenheimer movie
@technus147
Жыл бұрын
@@tandiazimmermann1020because thats literally what the movie is about
@user-qt8dm3bn9q
11 ай бұрын
@@_redravenlos alamos?
I like how they showed history in such a way
The singlemost top-secret conversation ever held-depicted as occurring during a casual stroll around a couple dozen whitehouse underlings.
@udanigunarathne6693
2 жыл бұрын
When u make it looks like a casual conversation nobody pays attention...
@chrisb9143
2 жыл бұрын
How do you think the Russian got into the Manhattan Project since the beginning ?
With this, Einstein better make a cameo on the Oppenheimer film. EDIT 07/14/23: it seems that some of the people in this video alone are actually in the Oppenheimer film
@ushnishbhattacharyya6672
Жыл бұрын
There is a cameo confirmed
@marvin2678
Жыл бұрын
@@ushnishbhattacharyya6672 Damm im hyped for the movie, i Hope they dont ACT Like Heisenberg IS the Antagonist
@ronricklorenzaparentado7418
Жыл бұрын
he did
@feynmanschwingere_mc2270
Жыл бұрын
@@marvin2678 Heisenberg wasnt an antisemite. Without Jews, notably max born, he wouldnt be as famous as he is.
Oppenheimer: "When I came to you with those calculations, we thought we might start a chain reaction that would destroy the entire world" Einstein: "I remember it well.. what of it.?" Oppenheimer: "I believe we did" - Oppenheimer 2023
@edgarvasquez9092
11 ай бұрын
Indeed
@shenzixirgs8152
11 ай бұрын
Somehow this almost brings tears to my eyes. If a war happens, my generation will have to clean it up. And I’m 13.
after watching Oppenheimer i tought Nolan was the first person to tell the story of the manhattan project, apparently now im getting recommened loads of iterations of this historical event, each one fascinating to watch
"Secrecy would be vital Sir" (as they walk through building)
It gives a dreadful feeling in my gut, that something as simple as an idea can cause lots of other lives gone...
@Raiya_ru17
11 ай бұрын
Well, something has to stop Japan because they are crazily butchering neighboring countries here in Asia. It says they will never surrender because of their warrior way until they were nuked. Our country benefited with the war ending. It’s still scary to think that such weapon of mass destruction exists and owned by almost all powerful countries, that anytime one country can be nuked if there’s one mad dictator who will be in power.
@jesroe5842
11 ай бұрын
Bro forgot about the thousands of scientists and research involved
@ErickOS6038
5 ай бұрын
@@jesroe5842All of that, for a simple knowledge that can wipe our society.
Here after watching Oppenheimer. Goosebumps!
This is like the prequel movie
Hello Einstein, Rest in my Heart.
Geoffery Rush as Einstein is genius casting.
Me ha fascinado esta serie, Albert Einstein el hombre padre, esposo, amigo y cientifico. Gracias National Geografic por transmitirla.
@Lone-Lee
2 жыл бұрын
Wht's tis spell? I'm not able to see clesrlyaftr redding ths.
@ilusoriob
11 ай бұрын
@@Lone-Lee Go study then.
@Lone-Lee
11 ай бұрын
@@ilusoriob, study what?
Anyone here after Oppenheimer 😊
They should have had Dean Gosdin play FDR. He looked and acted spot on in The World Wars
@aryav.1108
10 ай бұрын
FDR? Franklin roosevelt?
Please upload full episode of this series
Fantastic!! Please add more videos!!!
It’s insane how these people who saved their countries were treated, Einstein, Oppenheimer, Turing. Altho I’m sure it was a very scary time indeed not knowing who to trust. Altho Turing was less about trust and more about homophobia :(
@chad02-jk2gp
11 ай бұрын
Turing being intelligence and stupid at the same time then.
@chad02-jk2gp
11 ай бұрын
Intelligence enough to be called a scientist, but not intelligence enough to understand that human is not meant to be gae.
@chad02-jk2gp
11 ай бұрын
@@matte4997 well I didn't say he is stu pid about science, did I?
Please upload all the other parts. They are very helpful to children to understand.
Who is here after the Oppenheimer movie...
0:50 Roosevelt disclosing a top secret plan while the guy pushing his wheelchair is listening, only in the movies
"Secrecy would be vital" so that's why we blabbered about it through this whole hallway
I want to watch full shows pf genius: Albert Einstein .. please...
Please upload all episodes
"secrecy would be vital" - he says, as he's walking down a crowded corridor.
Whos here after watching oppenheimer
Who is here after Oppenheimer movie got released, to find out :)
can i stream this now, or did i miss out 😭😭😭i hope i can. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 it looks magnificent!
When you sit with hot girl for 2 hrs it seems like 2 min Similarly when you sit upon a hot stove for 2 min it seems like 2 hrs that's called relativity Albert Einstein
@darkblaze9400
3 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣maybe
@AjayPrajapati-yw4ic
3 жыл бұрын
😍😍🤣🤣🤣🤣
@warinsquares9789
3 жыл бұрын
Better replace the word nice with hot🔥😂
@recker6433
3 жыл бұрын
When a hot girl sits "on" you for 2 hours it seems like 2 mins
@princekarns
3 жыл бұрын
@@recker6433and when a fat girl sits on you 2 minutes looks like 2 hours.
1:41 EINSTEIN SPIT!
that's so cool that they got someone to play fdr that looks absolutely nothing like him
National geographic channel mind blowing channel in the world I am very happy to see it
Einstein: *And I oop-*
Here after watching Oppenheimer
That FDR looks more like Dick Cheney lol
@tripsaplenty1227
6 жыл бұрын
alahall1 He's an actor, what do you want National Geographic to do, dig up FDR's corpse and Weekend at Bernie's it?
Where can I watch the full series of genius?
And thus, The Manhattan Project was born.
Hoover had his fingers in so many key issues in 20th century America. From what I've read, I'm not sure he was a net positive or negative. Certainly, he had too much power.
@shubham_dalvi
11 ай бұрын
Leventiny Beria of America. Two different people but same power and paranoia. I
@tenjenk
8 ай бұрын
Massively negative. In terms of economics, societal progress, social issues, world stability and even creative expression.
Destruction started here
Good creative and genius
Geoffrey Rush should have been the actor for Einstein in Oppenheimer. It would have suited better as this is Einstein's program that shows his background, and the film Oppenheimer shows his background, therefore creating a well constructed piece that conjoin together, creating the greatest masterpiece of this century. Don't get me wrong, Oppenheimer is a masterpiece, but this small detail in actor choice would have created an even better piece.
@adityaranjansahoo6261
11 ай бұрын
Absolutely. two Geniuses in one frame...I also felt the quite opposite with Werner Heisenberg..the Oppenheimer actor should have played the role in the series as well
@grayleigh
11 ай бұрын
Agreed, although the actor they cast was brilliant
@letsgobrandon987
11 ай бұрын
I agree the actor in the Nolan movie looked more like Captain Kangaroo than Albert Einstein.
@faristont4561
11 ай бұрын
Nah, it's already perfect. those cast are far better actors as well. not everyone can act in Nolan's movie
Einstein: Sir this technology has the powers to annihilate civilization Hoover: Einstein sus
please add some full videos
@abhishekkhandare8045
6 жыл бұрын
u can watch first episode of this series on my channel
Pls upload full movie
Upon hearing that he swore to bear arms and use them as required by law, I pondered what the pacifist in him was thinking.
@seamusoleary3712
2 жыл бұрын
many people don't know that Einstein was also partly dyslexic, so he heard it as an oath to 'arm bears', and he was okay with that.
@etcetera1674
2 жыл бұрын
@@seamusoleary3712 What? Is there something called speech dyslexia? Einstein might have been dyslexic but that's a reading disorder.
Imagine if Albert hadn't shared the idea of the atomic bomb
@commentor5479
3 жыл бұрын
Then the Germans would develop this technology before they did??? Idk
@krisztianlele-nagy6346
3 жыл бұрын
@@commentor5479 This is not true. By the time the Americans developed the atomic bomb, Germany had already failed, dropping the two bombs only as a show of power for the world and to end the fighting against the Japanese.
@slightlyirradiatedmuffin3257
3 жыл бұрын
Einstein never even thought of the atomic bomb until other physicists mentioned the idea to him.
@PlayWaves1
3 жыл бұрын
@@krisztianlele-nagy6346 That's because they never took it seriously. Also a Norwegian guy sabotaged their heavy water facility.
@PlayWaves1
3 жыл бұрын
It wasn't his idea.
Elsa...Perfect proof of Principle of Relativity works!
I would like to see the whole serie. Someone knows where I can find it?
Rats never make mouse traps... But we humans make stuff that kills humans,humanity...
@cheesecakelasagna
5 жыл бұрын
@@alyankhan448 Rats also doesn't crash planes on said skyscrapers.
@shja1998
5 жыл бұрын
Adhokshaj Acharya dude u seem like an indian with that name.... vasudaiva kutumbakam wouldn’t have been possible if the US hadn’t done the bombings on two small cities rather what would’ve happened is germany would’ve made the bomb n destroyed several hundred thousands of cities.... PEACE IS NEVER EASY N WE NEED BAD STUFF TO HAPPEN BEFORE PEACE...
@logancasner8467
5 жыл бұрын
mice eat other mice when hungry. they dont need a trap...
@nikmuhamadizzat9903
4 жыл бұрын
Cause rat create not for build
This Anthology was awesome. Most of the legends of quantum theory deserve similar anthologies if not 10 then maybe 3-5 episodes focussed on the science.
You couldn't let the crowds get onto us.
outro music nearly blew out my ears
i love how elon musk is pushing the wheelchair at 0:44
@aztrek17
3 жыл бұрын
not him
@xurstimpl3808
3 жыл бұрын
@@aztrek17 r/whoosh
@capt.heinrich6945
3 жыл бұрын
He doesn't look anything like him, but I get what you are trying to joke about
I recommend for anyone interested in this history to read: "The Making of the Atomic Bomb" by Richard Rhodes.
@ayushupadhyay801
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks stranger
@Sbinott0
2 жыл бұрын
If you want book more in depht about the personal stories of scientists on both sides read “atomic bomb” by roberto mercadini
Them: discussing about building an atomic bomb in a hallway, then talked about secrecy *deym
Well is that a movie or only few clips??? And where do I get to watch full movie
Welcom to America, Profesor.
And from that day forward, Einstein would soon regret the creation of his making.
Where can I watch full show ??
Oppenheimer is an amazing movie very fast paced 3 hours and 1 minute
I love the series. But sometimes my TV connection is not good, so I can not watch "Genius". So with that being said, i want to ask where can I watch the series???
@abhishekkhandare8045
6 жыл бұрын
u can watch it on my channel
@4dbro817
6 жыл бұрын
Abhishek Khandare no
@disservin
5 жыл бұрын
Amazon Prime/KZread for 15€(SD) and 20€(HD). It is really worth it.
@frontrunner9138
3 жыл бұрын
Telegram
And thus the world entered a new dark age - not of un-knlowledge but of mutually assured destruction. - Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds
0:5 I'm pretty sure Albert Einstein was a left hander- did he ?✌💡👋
Where to find all episodes of this series?
I miss Einstein back when he was a pirate :
I just watched all Genius episodes from Amazon in one go, amazing!
@yajats8675
2 жыл бұрын
Oh thanks I didn't know it was on Amazon But I have exam I'll watch it after my exams good day to you,!
@mrlocal9450
2 жыл бұрын
@@yajats8675 bruhh same goes for me
@mrlocal9450
2 жыл бұрын
@@yajats8675 are you 10th ?
@yajats8675
2 жыл бұрын
@@mrlocal9450 no bro sorry I'm in 8th who just finished my exams
@yajats8675
2 жыл бұрын
@@mrlocal9450 all the best for you my friend
La separación de átomos-núcleos uranio 235. E=MC² He didn´t send that letter, but he knew what the fission system can do.
They just had to get their one token in that last scene
I have to start watching this!
@abhishekkhandare8045
6 жыл бұрын
u can watch the first episode of this series on my channel
@yooshatarique019
3 жыл бұрын
@@abhishekkhandare8045 but your channel has only one video, of Nana Patekar
😭you can see the tears in Einstein's eyes as he says "that I will bear arms, on behalf of the United States, when required by the law"
He told you to build one not to drop one
It's very weird that Oppenheimers name was cut quickly
one of the most epic tv shows
Coolest scientist ever🙂
@marcelmolenaar5684
11 ай бұрын
Who ?
Can’t wait for Nolan’s interrogation of the events leading up to and the aftermath of the atomic bomb. Oppenheimer will be atomic.
Again the youtube algorithm has brought us together.🤣🤣
The scene right at the end of this series, on Einstein, was absolute hogwash. The way his brain was treated in the series, in the final scenes, was atrocious. Firstly, no one diseased person has their brain extracted like that. I've attended autopsies and they are not carried out like that shown in that hideously disrespectful scene. Moreover, if someone was presented with their relatives brain like that in a jar like that, there would be criminal charges for that in the UK. Absolutely ridiculous scene. Sincerely, Former UK RGN.
Hoover, wonder what FDR would do if he heard Hoover denied Einstein clearance for the Manhattan project.
Einstein… destroyer of worlds.
I love National Geographic raise your hand if you like it or reply if you love it
@JonatasMonte
7 жыл бұрын
Used to love but didn't get to watch it in years so I cannot say for now
@elpepe3518
7 жыл бұрын
i love genuis
@physicsworld7052
5 жыл бұрын
Anyone please !!!can give the link of genius episode 2 ???
And It is said that Nazi Germany was going to do so first. And So It Is the Phoenixes were born once again
@macowigo3306
6 жыл бұрын
Adam Stone ithink
@abouttocum
6 жыл бұрын
Phoenixes from Arizona
@jakepatel6891
4 жыл бұрын
Rise Phoenix
@jakepatel6891
4 жыл бұрын
Adam Stone Elon u baby
I watch this video to make motivation before going to my Chemistry Class
If WW1 was the trailer then the medieval wars was a preview This show is the prologue to Oppenheimer and Oppenheimer plus most WW2 movies were during the war. Then the aftermath is the present world. An amazing universe indeed. Waiting for the multiverse arc.
Secrecy would be vital sir! Speaks in front of a cameraman and his crew....
Please sir/ma'am,upload the whole series.This will be a gift to us.
@marvin2678
Жыл бұрын
Where can I watch IT ?