Unearthing the Nuclear Age

With the secretive development of a nuclear program in Iran and new concerns over the atomic power base, Amir Aczel looks back at the development of the bomb.

Aczel writes about science and mathematics and is the author of the bestseller FERMAT'S LAST THEOREM. In his latest book, URANIUM WARS, Aczel lays out long-secret details about the development of the atomic bomb and the decision of how to use it.

LISTEN: AMIR ACZEL - URANIUM WARS

Saving Art From the Nazis

During the second World War, Hitler ordered his commanders to take sculptures, paintings and other art works from museums and individual collectors to fill a giant museum he was planning to build. Much of this art work was lost, and much more notable architecture was destroyed during the course of Nazi expansion. Robert Edsel, who heads up The Monuments Men Foundation, talks about the Allied effort to protect and recover works of art.

LISTEN: ROBERT EDSEL