How to Make a Fat Man
"Fat Man" was the codename for the implosion-type nuclear weapons designed by Los Alamos scientists to help end World War II. The NSRC has the only-kn...
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Each Relics episode highlights one significant legacy item from the collections of Los Alamos National Laboratory’s National Security Research Center with mini lessons in Los Alamos history and national security. Host Brye Steeves narrates each 10-minute episode, which includes historian Alan Carr as well as a subject matter expert to talk specifically about the item.
Secret City Babies
Los Alamos was so secret that in some cases, it didn’t even exist – like on the birth certificates of the babies who were born here during the Manhatt...
Oppenheimer’s Chair
Even the "father of the atomic bomb" had to sit down somewhere and J. Robert Oppenheimer’s chair is one of just two personal items that Los Alamos has...