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‘It’s Really First-Class Work’
Watching 'Oppenheimer' with the author of a definitive account of the Manhattan Project.
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Richard Rhodes
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Alec Nevala-Lee
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The Atlantic
on
July 27, 2023
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The Making of the Atomic Bomb
Richard Rhodes
1987
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