Hiroshima
The lives of six people who survived the atomic bomb.
Atomic Bomb
The Most Important Scientist You’ve Never Heard Of
For 60 years, American drivers unknowingly poisoned themselves by pumping leaded gasoline into their tanks. Clair Patterson—a scientist who helped build the atomic bomb and discovered the true age of the Earth—took on a billion-dollar industry to save humanity from itself.
The Point of No Return (Part 2)
Did A.Q. Khan sell nuclear secrets on the black market? The fame had unbalanced him. He was subjected to a degree of public acclaim rarely seen in the West—an extreme close to idol worship, which made him hungry for more. Money seems never to have been his obsession, but it did play a role.
The Wrath of Khan (Part 1)
The unlikely ascent of A.Q. Khan, the scientist who gave Pakistan the Bomb, and his suspicious fall from grace.
Atomic John
The truck driver who reverse engineered the atomic bomb.
