Qui est Robert Oppenheimer ?

Pendant des décennies, les chercheurs ont observé un phénomène étonnant : le QI moyen de l’humanité augmentait régulièrement. C’est ce qu’on appelle “l’effet Flynn”, du nom du scientifique James R. Flynn. Mais une récente méta-analyse publiée en 2023, portant sur 300 000 personne ...  Show more

Lors des grandes épidémies de peste qui frappèrent l’Europe, notamment la Peste noire, les populations cherchaient désespérément des moyens de se protéger. À une époque où l’on ignorait totalement l’existence des bactéries, des puces ou des rats vecteurs de la maladie, les explic ...  Show more

Christopher Nolan's new film 'Oppenheimer' chronicles the life and legacy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the first director of Los Alamos National Laboratory and so-called "Father of the Atomic Bomb." The movie does not shy away from science — and neither do we. We talked to current s ...  Show more

Often referred to as the father of the atomic bomb, J. Robert Oppenheimer's work in the field of theoretical physics changed the world as we knew it. Working in Los Alamos, New Mexico during the Second World War, the Manhattan Project and the scientific advancements achieved ther ...  Show more

On a summer morning in 1945, a device known simply as 'Gadget' was detonated. An enormous explosion tore a crater into the New Mexico desert, melting sand into radioactive green glass and sending a mushroom cloud 7.5 miles into the sky. This was the first controlled detonation ...

Learn the true story behind the father of the atomic bomb. This episode explores not only his groundbreaking achievements as the inventor of the nuclear bomb but also the profound lessons his life and work offer. From his relentless pursuit of knowledge to his remarkable ability ...  Show more