THElast journey of Ulysses, the pleasure of discovery was a Instanbul, the city that lived three times. Tonight (at 9.30 pm on Rai 1) Alberto Angela instead leads to the roots of pain and in the history of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, in those days that changed the world. After the release of the atomic bombs in August 1945 humanity was no longer the same.
How were atomic devices built? What were the militated and political reasons that led to the project Manhattan, in which Enrico Fermi also participated? Angela directly on the places of horror brings the viewer behind a dramatic event that marked the story.
Ulysses, the pleasure of discovery. Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Episode tonight on June 2nd on Rai 1 and Raiplay
Hiroshima and Nagasaki: the days that changed the world It is the title of the special of Ulysses, the pleasure of discovery, The disclosure program conducted by Alberto Angela. Tonight the dedication is at eighty years since launch of the atomic bombs on the two cities of Japan, which took place in August 1945. Angela retraces the fundamental stages of this event that marked the history of humanity.
There episode will try to clarify how the atomic bomb was made And how it came to the decision to release her on Japan. The military and political reasons that led to the birth of the “Manhattan Project” will be traced, supported by the exceptional group of scientists, which Opppenheimer and Enrico Fermi started. Alberto Angela will visit the historic building that was once the research laboratory of our scientist, in via Panisperna, in Rome.
Alberto Angela in “Ulysses, the pleasure of discovery. Hiroshima and Nagasaki”. (Courtesy Press Office)
The release of the first bomb on Hiroshima. Alberto Angela’s story
Alberto Angela leads the viewers directly in Japanon the places of horror. In Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the two cities chosen as the objective of the first atomic bombs. Where humanity touched one of the lowest points in history. Through filmed reconstructions and testimonies of those who were on board theThe Enola Gay, the plane that on 6 August 1945 released the bomb on Hiroshimawe will try to understand what happened.
What effects had the explosion of the first nuclear bomb? The conductor will find himself face to face with some of the symbolic places of that tragedy, such as theThe Genbaku Dome, the dome of the atomic bomb and the Museum of Peace which contains some of the most touching testimonies of those days.
The second bomb on Nagasaki. The story of Ulysses, the pleasure of discovery
The attention then shifts to Nagasaki, the city affected by the second bomb On August 9, 1945. The voices of the hibakushas will be heard, the survivors of the two atomic bombs, among which Terumi Tanaka, representative of the Nihon Hidankkyo Association which in December 2024 was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. A recognition assigned for having kept the memory alive and spread the story of the survivors.
Alberto Angela in Japan. (Courtesy Press Office)
The success of Ulysses, the pleasure of discovery 2025
In the previous episodes of Ulisse Alberto Angela told the various faces of Instanbul and its transformations: from Greek colony with the name of Byzantium, to the capital of the Roman Empire of the East and then of the Ottoman Empire, to become megalopolis of modern Türkiye.
The art of the brilliant Vincent Van Gogh and London, through a playlist of songs that range From Beatles to David Bowie, from Queen to Amy Winehouse, from Clash to Pink Floyd. The episode dedicated to Lucrezia Borgia who will be scheduled for autumn.
At the end of June Alberto Angela returns to Rai 1 with Noos
After the specials of Ulysses, the pleasure of discoveryat the end of June Alberto Angela will return to Rai 1 in the early evening with Noosthe program dedicated to scientific disseminationwhich ranges from medicine and genetics to archeology, to technology and environmental innovation. Noos has replaced Quark by Piero Angela.
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