Name: Uranium: Twisting the Dragon's Tail
Released: 2015-07-28T00:00:00.000Z

TV Show · Documentary · Educational

2015 marks the 70th anniversary of the most profound change in the history of human enterprise on Earth: the unleashing of the elemental force within uranium, the explosion of an atomic bomb, the unleashing of the dragon. Join physicist Dr Derek Muller as he reveals the untold story of the most wondrous and terrifying rock on Earth.

2015 · 51m

Director Wain Fimeri

EPISODE 1

The Rock That Became a Bomb

At the turn of the Twentieth Century uranium is virtually unknown and basically worthless. Dr Derek Muller shows how, in just a single generation, it became the most desirable and the most hated rock on planet Earth.

50m
EPISODE 2

The Rock That Changed the World

From the ashes of Hiroshima, Dr Derek Muller discovers how uranium promised a brilliant Atomic Age, shaped the modern world and threatened our very existence.

40m
EPISODE 3

The Rock in Our Future

Uranium is a dream of clean limitless power and a nightmare of a silent and poisoned Earth. Dr Derek Muller journeys through the abandoned radioactive landscapes of Chernobyl and Fukushima to reveal the extraordinary paradox of uranium.

51m

Wain Fimeri

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