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[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

> Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2003 10:43:16 -0400
> To: farber@cis.upenn.edu
> From: "Jonathan M. Smith" <jms@cis.upenn.edu>
> Subject: Perhaps for IP?
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> HOW ITS MAKERS LEARNED TO HATE THE BOMB
> from The Boston Globe
>
> Edward Teller rubbed suntan lotion on his face and put on a heavy pair of
> gloves to protect his hands as he waited for the first test of the atomic
> bomb. Standing in the New Mexico desert on the morning of July 16, 1945,
> the Hungarian born physicist who would later emerge as the champion of the
> nuclear arms race, pressed a piece of welder's glass to his face. "A
> hundred to one it's not needed," he said, "but what do we know?"
>
> The explosion that followed changed the course of science and history,
> ushering in an era where humans have the power to destroy civilization.
> Less well known is the way it forever altered the friendships and lives of
> Teller and the eight other physicists who invented the atomic bomb.
>
> The book, "Pandora's Keepers," by historian Brian VanDeMark, offers a fresh
> look at the dawn of the nuclear age by examining not just the scientific
> accomplishments, but the thoughts, feelings and judgements of these nine
> men who created the first weapon of mass destruction and who framed a
> debate that continues today over how best to contain and reduce the threat
> of nuclear war.
> <http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/154/science/How_its_makers_learned_to_hate_the_bomb+.shtml>


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