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Manhattan Project
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The worst lie ever told is that it is easier to destroy than to create. This lie makes people apathetic about a number of imminently avoidable horrors, particularly the nuclear ones. But Oppenheimer didn’t just go outside one day and trip over an atomic bomb. Nuclear development required trillions of dollars and a massive sustained effort by America’s top politicians, military advisors, and scientific geniuses. Not one damn bit of it was easy. It was certainly harder that sitting down with Stali
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― Gods of the Flesh: A Skeptic's Journey Through Sex, Politics and Religion
― Gods of the Flesh: A Skeptic's Journey Through Sex, Politics and Religion
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One day you have Einstein, puzzling over the theory of relativity, the next you’ve got the Manhattan Project and a big hole in the ground.
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― The City of Mirrors
― The City of Mirrors

































