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⚡️⚡️⚡️  Black Friday Sale ⚡️⚡️⚡️Secret link: bit.ly/ELFCMBlackFriday24?  Save up to 67% vs. monthly cost⏳  Limited availability⏱  Ends 23:59, Sunday, December 1st***Part three of our three-part mini-series on The Atomic Bomb.Ever since the atomic bomb was dropped, people have been asking whether it was actually necessary.In this episode, we'll explore the arguments for and against the use of atomic weapons in World War II, and look at how this has changed the world we live in.Recap of the journey to dropping the bombs on Hiroshima & NagasakiThe American reasons for dropping the bomb“It seems to be the most terrible thing ever discovered, but it can be made the most useful…”Arguments against dropping the bomb on Hiroshima & Nagasaki#1: Drop a demonstration bomb somewhere else#2: Japan would have surrendered without a bomb#3: The use of atomic weapons is ethically unacceptableAmerican counterargumentsThe scientists who were against dropping the atomic bombPost-war theories about why the atomic bomb was usedWas Japan really close to surrendering?Nuclear proliferation since 1945Full interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/atomic-bomb-aftermath ---You might like:? Black Friday Sale? A look inside Leonardo English membership⚡️  How To Use Podcasts Like A Boss To Learn English? Join the weekly newsletter✍️ Free English Grammar Checker---Keywords: Learn English, vocabulary, lessons, idioms, aprende inglés, idiomas, aprender inglês, apprendre l'anglais, imparare l’inglese, ingilizce öğren,英語を習う, تعلم الإنجليزية

⚡️⚡️⚡️  Black Friday Sale ⚡️⚡️⚡️Secret link: bit.ly/ELFCMBlackFriday24?  Save up to 67% vs. monthly cost⏳  Limited availability⏱  Ends 23:59, Sunday, December 1st***Part one of this three-part mini-series on The Atomic Bomb. In this episode, we explore the discovery of nuclear fission, the key scientists involved, The Manhattan Project and the race to develop a functioning atomic bomb.Early ideas about atomismModern atomic theory in the 19th and 20th centuriesThe discovery of nuclear fissionWar breaks out in EuropeEinstein and Szilárd's letter to President RooseveltThe Manhattan ProjectThe first atomic test in Nevada“Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds”Full interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/manhattan-project ---You might like:? Black Friday Sale? A look inside Leonardo English membership⚡️  How To Use Podcasts Like A Boss To Learn English? Join the weekly newsletter✍️ Free English Grammar Checker---Keywords: Learn English, vocabulary, lessons, idioms, aprende inglés, idiomas, aprender inglês, apprendre l'anglais, imparare l’inglese, ingilizce öğren,英語を習う, تعلم الإنجليزية

⚡️⚡️⚡️  Black Friday Sale ⚡️⚡️⚡️Secret link: bit.ly/ELFCMBlackFriday24?  Save up to 67% vs. monthly cost⏳  Limited availability⏱  Ends 23:59, Sunday, December 1st***It has gone from luxury to necessity, and there are over 2 billion air conditioning units in the world today.In this episode, we'll take a look at how air conditioning got started, why people didn't mind being hot in the past, and what the true cost of staying cool might be for future generations.Staying cool is nothing new: Romans & Egyptian methodsDing Huan & the rotating fanWhy people were afraid of creating cold artificiallyHow the Dutch magician Cornelis Drebbel tricked King James I in 1620Benjamin Franklin getting sweaty one July in PhiladelphiaPrimitive air conditioning by pumping air over iceDid people actually mind that there was no air conditioning?Willis H. Carrier & the first air conditioning unitConvincing the US public that it was something they needed1920s sweaty American cinemasSpending $600,000 on an air conditioning unit in 1932The boom of air conditioning in the USHow many households around the world have air conditioning in 2021?The impact of air conditioning: the good, the bad & the unexpectedEnvironmental impact of air conditioningFuture of air conditioning in the developing worldNew air conditioning technologies: high & low tech Full interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/air-conditioning ---You might like:? Black Friday Sale? A look inside Leonardo English membership⚡️  How To Use Podcasts Like A Boss To Learn English? Join the weekly newsletter✍️ Free English Grammar Checker---Keywords: Learn English, vocabulary, lessons, idioms, aprende inglés, idiomas, aprender inglês, apprendre l'anglais, imparare l’inglese, ingilizce öğren,英語を習う, تعلم الإنجليزية