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The Universe is Hostile to Computers

Veritasium · 3 min read

A Belgian election recount in 2003 uncovered a rare but plausible way cosmic radiation can corrupt computers: a single bit flip inflated one...

Binary Bit FlipsSingle Event UpsetsCosmic Rays

The Man Who Gave us the Power To Destroy Ourselves (Oppenheimer)

Veritasium · 3 min read

J. Robert Oppenheimer helped build the atomic bomb—and spent the rest of his life wrestling with the consequences of giving humanity a technology...

J. Robert OppenheimerManhattan ProjectNuclear Fission

Why Einstein Thought Nuclear Weapons Were Impossible

Veritasium · 2 min read

Nuclear weapons weren’t inevitable because the physics needed to make nuclear energy controllable—and repeatable—was missing for decades. Early...

Nuclear WeaponsChain ReactionNeutron Physics