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NEW VIDEO: How Neutrons Changed Everything (Patreon)

Published:

2018-05-01 01:20:06

Imported:

2026-06

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Hello! So I have been quiet of late when it comes to videos because a lot of other things have been going on... This is why I use patreon on a per video basis, rather than per month so you don't have to support when I don't make videos.

This is a video I've been thinking about making for years, ever since I made the Uranium documentary. There's something I've been meaning to say about the whole discovery of radioactivity and its development into a the most powerful technology we've ever developed. This is what I was thinking as we finished up the documentary but I was never able to express myself in that film as clearly as this. I hope you enjoy.

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How Neutrons Changed Everything

Without neutrons, harnessing nuclear energy would be impossible. Try Audible free for 30 days: http://audible.com/veritasium I have a new documentary coming out in a few months - sign up here to be notified and see a sneak preview: http://vitamaniathemovie.com Special thanks to Patreon supporters: Tony Fadell, Donal Botkin, Michael Krugman, Jeff Straathof, Zach Mueller, Ron Neal, Nathan Hansen, Yildiz Kabaran, Terrance Snow A few years ago I made a documentary about uranium, radioactivity and radiation. I always thought of the characters in our story as the scientists and maybe the uranium nucleus itself. It was only through making the documentary that I realized the real hero of the story is the neutron. Without a neutral nuclear particle, it would be virtually impossible to release the energy from the nucleus. But with it, and the idea of a chain reaction, nuclear energy went from science fiction to reality. That is something I had not grasped as clearly before and it motivated me to make this video. Filmed by Raquel Nuno.