Destroyer of Worlds: The Deep History of the Nuclear Age, 1895-1965

Henry Becquerel’s accidental discovery, in Paris in 1896, of a faint smudge on a photographic plate sparked a chain of discoveries which would unleash the atomic age.

In this episode, Rebecca Rideal speaks to Frank Close, Professor Emeritus of Theoretical Physics at Oxford University, about the nuclear power in the past, the present and the future, and his fascinating new book, Destroyer of Worlds: The Deep History of the Nuclear Age,1895-1965.