Projects - Sloan Science & Film

Race for the Superbomb

In 1945, there was a race between scientists in the United Stated, led by Robert Teller, and the Soviet Union to build the hydrogen bomb.

CREDITS

Written, Directed, and Produced by Thomas Ott. Based on the book by Richard Rhodes.
Edited by Peter Rhodes
Produced by WGBH for The American Experience

SCIENTIFIC SUBJECTS

Physics

AWARDS

1999, Television: WGBH Production Award

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

Short Films
Feature Films

A science focused teaching framework for short and feature films, all of which have received awards from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for their depictions of scientific themes or characters.