Uranium Episode 1 - The Rock That Became A Bomb.

In the first episode, Derek Muller tells the story of uranium and how it came to be. It shows how uranium, originally sourced from pitchblende, became the subject of intense scientific study. The effects of radiation and how radioactive elements decay are also discussed, including some of the harmful effects of uranium, and how the element enabled a single bomb to devastate Hiroshima and its people at the end of World War II.