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In the fall of 1942, Major General Leslie R. Groves, representing the War Department, went to du Pont with the request that the company undertakes a share of a project of great importance in the war effort. This project dealt with the release of atomic energy. At the time, many other nations were working on different projects that could help end... See more

Sriram Krishnan • Du Pont Bomb memo

Du Pont hesitated to accept the proposed responsibility for two reasons: the first was that the company was already so heavily burdened with war work, accepted at the urgent request of the armed services, the second was that du Pont is a chemical company, and while it has done considerable pioneering work, it has always been in the general field of... See more

Sriram Krishnan • Du Pont Bomb memo

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Winter Mead of Coolwater on Building the YC for GPs

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Sa seule famille, sa patrie véritable, elles étaient définies par des intérêts communs, un esprit nourri de cynisme, une ambition sans scrupules et sans grandeur. On y connaissait quelques fidélités surprenantes dans l'amitié, comme il s'en trouve toujours parmi les sociétés en marge de la loi, mais la plupart du temps, la rivalité et la haine

Joseph Kessel • Le tour du malheur (Tome 1) - La Fontaine Médicis - L'Affaire Bernan (French Edition)

In 1958, Fred Koch became one of eleven original members of the John Birch Society, the archconservative group best known for spreading far-fetched conspiracy theories about secret Communist plots to subvert America.

Jane Mayer • Dark Money

John J. Raskob was Pierre Du Pont's mentor and guide in matters of finance, as Charles Kettering came to be in technology-both very good in their fields but with flaws that would endanger the survival of General Motors. With great foresight into the future of the automobile business, Raskob wrote down several good reasons for the Du Pont company to

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Sriram Krishnan • Du Pont Bomb memo

Sriram Krishnan • Du Pont Bomb memo

Winter Mead of Coolwater on Building the YC for GPs

Joseph Kessel • Le tour du malheur (Tome 1) - La Fontaine Médicis - L'Affaire Bernan (French Edition)

Jane Mayer • Dark Money

John McDonald • A Ghost's Memoir: The Making of Alfred P. Sloan's My Years with General Motors (The MIT Press)