13 Oct 2026
Dr Meghan Gray discusses the imminent explosion of T Coronae Borealis (the star also known as Blaze). Extra footage from this interview: • Blaze is Gonna Blow (extra footage) – Sixt…
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It’s a recurrent nova.
More Professor Meghan Gray: • Meghan Gray – Sixty Symbols
T CrB: Overview of the accretion history, Roche-lobe filling, orbital solution, and radiative modeling: https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/ful…
Patreon: / sixtysymbols
This project features scientists from The University of Nottingham
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Sixty Symbols videos by Brady Haran
http://www.bradyharanblog.com
Brady’s chemistry channel is Periodic Videos – / periodicvideos
And mathematics at Numberphile – / numberphile
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13 Sept 2026
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My new book about the atomic bomb program — not sharing any specifics yet — is due out in late 2027. This is some of the background research I’ve done to get my head around the complete story. There is so much more to say, obviously, but I hope this at least gives you a deeper understanding and appreciation for the Wartime Manhattan Project and the German equivalent, the Uranverien.
00:00:00 – Intro
00:46:10 – Revealing the Atom
00:15:26 – The Chain Reaction
00:32:34 – Der Uranverein
00:38:31 – The Plutonium Breakthrough
00:47:31 – The Manhattan Engineering District
01:01:53 – Uranium Enrichment
01:11:28 – Hitler’s Secret Weapon
01:28:30 – ALSOS
01:36:14 – The Bomb and Farm Hall
01:45:38 – From Cold War to World War
01:51:47 – Outro and Shoutouts
I am a one-woman operation researching, writing, and editing. Please forgive speakos or minor errors. I can’t afford to hire a team! All artwork also done by me. Even as a one-woman show I won’t use AI.
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The blogified version of the script is on Medium, with all sources linked and listed: https://amyshirateitel.medium.com/man…
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Camera/Lighting/Audio/making me look and sound great: Andrew Papastephanou
Song is Frozen Star by Kevin MacLeod
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