Holistic Survival Show

Craig Nelson is a New York Times bestseller and is jam packed with informational facts and stories about nuclear physics and the people behind it. He talks to Jason today about his new book The Age of Radiance and how nuclear power has changed our lives for better and for worse.    Key Takeaways: 4:00 – Nuclear science has a lot of bad press, but it has done many great things and, some would say, it has even prevented wars.  7:30 – Craig tells a fantastic story of 4 teenagers who grew up only a couple of KM from each other and ended up meeting later in life through their work within the atomic field.  9:12 – Fun fact, John Von Neumann would read and drive at the same time and would often crash his car.  10:41 – The people who developed atomic weapons were refugees from Hitler. A question people often ask is, “What happened if Hitler had the atomic weapons first?” 14:30  - According to Craig, if you look at the Dr. Strangelove movie, a lot of what happened in the movie was true or came true.  18:15 – The most