The Demon Core: Scientists Who Documented Their Own Nuclear Deaths

Añadido: 2026-05-21

[00:00:00]Did you know two scientists documented their own deaths in real time? The demon core was a 6-lb plutonium sphere used in nuclear weapons research. In 1945, physicist Harry Daghlian was working alone late at night when he accidentally dropped a brick onto the core. The room filled with [music] blue light. He knew instantly what had happened. Daghlian calmly recorded every symptom as radiation poisoned his body over 25 days. 9 months later, Louis Slotin made the same mistake during a demonstration.

[00:00:30]Both men became their own final experiment, documenting exactly how nuclear death feels.