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Imagine you've unlocked a secret so powerful it could change the course of history – or end it. Welcome to the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb. His genius catapulted humanity into the Atomic Age, but at a cost that still haunts us. In today's episode, we journey into the heart of World War II, into a world of espionage, scientific rivalry, and a desperate race against time. We'll discover how a scholar became a maker of worlds, and destroyer of cities. This is the tragic symphony of the Atomic Age, and it all starts with a man named Oppenheimer.
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Imagine you've unlocked a secret so powerful it could change the course of history – or end it. Welcome to the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb. His genius catapulted humanity into the Atomic Age, but at a cost that still haunts us. In today's episode, we journey into the heart of World War II, into a world of espionage, scientific rivalry, and a desperate race against time. We'll discover how a scholar became a maker of worlds, and destroyer of cities. This is the tragic symphony of the Atomic Age, and it all starts with a man named Oppenheimer.