Comments on: Einstein’s Equation Of Life and Death

By: Samuel Morrissey

Samuel Morrissey — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:35:00 +0000

At least half the scientists who worked on the manhattan project signed a petition, begging the US government to invite Japanese observers to the first test. Oppenheimer and Groves convinced the president not to. The bombs were dropped in order to verify the effects on real people in real cities. Japan was already on its knees. In terms of the war it was unnecessary. They would have surrendered anyway.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:28:00 +0000

Seems to me that the bomb could have been dropped on the japanese war fleet. Along with a message. “we can do this. Do the right thing!”

By: De Marco Mario

De Marco Mario — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:24:00 +0000

Where are the fonts of what you saying? Hiroshima and Nagasaki where randomly chosen based on weather condition, in order to film the effect of the explosion , it’s all reported in a declassified top secret document, so Japanese had no idea of what and where, if you paid attention on this documentary you should know that Einstein, Szilard and many others who developed the bomb had desperately tried to let Us make a warning at least before dropping the bomb, but that warning has never been given, that’s history.
However in any war, killing innocents is a crime against humanity, and these thousands of Japanese that burned alive where innocent, so you asking not to blame America so much??? no, they should have been persecuted and end up in a martial court as Nazis did, for the same reasons.

By: De Marco Mario

De Marco Mario — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:06:00 +0000

They avoid any justification for dropping these 2 bombs ( and the consequent GENOCIDE) simply because there is NO JUSTIFICATION, unless you consider the investment of several billions dollars in a development of a mass destruction weapon as a legitimate justification.

For those who believes that saved thousands or even millions of life leading WWII to an end:
You must stop hiding behind a needle and face the real truth, witch is that a warning should have been given to Japanese about the imminent drop of the bomb, as even the most great mind and scientist who actually developed the bomb had struggle to stop.
THE TRUTH IS: WWII should have come to a stop without any further casualties simply showing to Japanese the power of the bomb achieved, all the justifications for the death of 360 000 human being on the spot it’s just a bunch of B——T
And a shame even bigger is upon these who justify the drop of the second bomb.

NO MOUSE WOULD EVER BUILD A MOUSE TRAP ( A. Einstein )
WE BUILT IT AND USED, that i guess put us on a lower level than rats, but even try to justify the use of it is something inconceivable for the human race

By: Jamesy

Jamesy — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 09:12:00 +0000

Japan refused to surrender. And if you understood the scale of World War Two and the horrendesly large and open killing machines that were created and in movement, you’d understand the decision.

You’d understand that the invasions of dozens of islands by US forces against relatively small numbers of Japanese soldiers and the ensuing destruction and massacre that took place thereafter, was reason enough.

The Japanese proved they didn’t care even an ounce for life, and that their soldiers, and even their civilians would rather die than give up.

There was absolutely 0 reason why the US should have lost tens, or hundreds of thousands of troops, only to kill an equal or greater number of troops on the other side.

Vs the loss of the tens of thousands, the dropping of those bombs prevented the further loss of hundreds of thousands of people, if not millions, brought about an end to a war that was shaping up to last at least a year longer, and paved the way for a future where an independent and respectful japan could become prosperous.

By: THE DUDE

THE DUDE — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 22:45:00 +0000

Dumbest comment I have ever heard about WWII. I heard people like you existed but i never believed it until now.

By: Jose Ferreira

Jose Ferreira — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 03:19:00 +0000

very nice decumented , however , i want that you people to know that ,
before de Americans drop those two bombs, they warn very much the Japonese , to GET OUT of those cities , they ( Japonese ) DID NOT , because .. never though that America had that much power of destrocion , … so,
Don’t bleame so much the Americans ……………

By: Michael James Kinsey

Michael James Kinsey — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 14:47:00 +0000

Shame it tis, the war industry which earned so money in the last 100 year, helping us kill each other can’t make nearly as much money now, because we all have as many nukes as we need to kill everybody a 100 times over. The only solution to this is use some, so they can make some more money building them. Can’t have these super rich people feeling that they are not important and useful and better than everyone else. Iran to the rescue, that will get things back to spot on. Hitler body language says, when he lifts his hand in that dismissive way, I am going to get as many of you as I can killed.

By: Chris Robinson

Chris Robinson — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 17:05:00 +0000

@Joanna Clark, Who?.. point. We were taught that the indians were the bad guys in school, doubful she will ever recieve credit for anything. just saying..

By: Joanna Clark

Joanna Clark — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 16:25:00 +0000

The woman’s name was Lise Meitner, and no, she did not receive the Noble Prize. The prize went to Otto Hahn. He corresponded with Meitner, and she explained it to him in her letters. She refused to take part in the Manhattan Project. On her grave stone it reads “Lise Meitner: a physicist who never lost her humanity.” Element 109 is named after her.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 13 May 2011 09:51:00 +0000

To Nadia,
While war is horrendous and many “innocent” people were killed in the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, anybody who wants to rant on about the attrocity of it should start by reading the book “THE RAPE OF NANKING” (I think that there’s actually a doc on this site about it but you should read the book as it gives more detail and really brings home the reality of it). Then realize that the utterly barbarous behavior of the Japanese soldiers was going on everywhere they went throughout Asia and the Pacific. The tens of thousands who died in those two bombings pale in comparison to the hundreds of thousands (millions?) who were brutally tortured and systematically massacered. And what truely holds any compassion for the Japanese at bay is the fact that they still, to this day, refuse to even acknowledge that any of that even took place. If you go around kicking stray dogs and one of them turns around and attacks you, who’s to blame?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 03:45:00 +0000

There were good reasons why dropping atomic bombs on Japan was avoidable. However, what you just said touched on none of those, and makes it clear you think the lives of servicemen, who had already been through hell in order to keep their friends and families safe, were worthless.

I get what you’re saying, and even if I didn’t, I respect that everyone is entitled to their own opinion. You just might try not to be offensive when you say it.

By: Nadia Porterfield

Nadia Porterfield — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 16:49:55 +0000

I’ll never understand how dropping atom bombs on tens of thousands of innocent women and children can be seen as justification for saving the lives of soldiers.

By: couldbe

couldbe — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 04:24:48 +0000

Lisa Meitner imo .

By: Arnold Vinette

Arnold Vinette — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 03:34:35 +0000

Very good documentary except for one important fact. It was a Jewish German woman scientist who had been smuggled out of Germany to save her life that actually discovered the process of how to split the uranium atom.

It was also her calculations on the released energy that made everyone realize that they had proven the Einstein’s equation of E = mc2

The male German scientist took complete credit for her work and I believe got the Noble Prize.

The woman’s name could be Madam Curie but I am not sure.

There is another very good PBS documentary that explains the role the German scientists played in the discovery of how to split the uranium atom by bombarding it with neutrons.

However the goal was to discover how large the uranium could be made when an accidental discovery was made that they had actually split the uranium atom.

The entire process was a collaboration of a very quiet and shy Jewish German scientist and her more dominant male German scientist.

The rest of the documentary was new to me with regards to the roles of other scientists and the letter from Einstein that got the Manhattan Project started.

The Jewish German woman scientist was offered an opportunity to work on the Manhattan Project but she refused because she did not want to be part of the making such a terrible destructive weapon.

Arnold Vinette
Ottawa, Canada