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Her discovery may have been crucial to creating the atomic bomb, but she wanted nothing to do with it nor wanted to be depicted in films about it. And I believe Meitner’s refusal to participate in the weaponization of her work on moral grounds makes her more worthy of commemoration than Oppenheimer. She chose humanity over notoriety.
Olivia Campbell • Lauding Lise Meitner, Who Said ‘No’ to the Atomic Bomb
longtime Clinton foe Jeff Gerth. He’s the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist
Sharyl Attkisson • The Smear: How Shady Political Operatives and Fake News Control What You See, What You Think, and How You Vote
John F. Kennedy, who showed leadership in the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 that kept the U.S. and the Soviet Union from a nuclear war—one that could have killed more than 100 million people (including me). My ninth-grade teacher was so convinced that a nuclear confrontation was likely that she assigned no homework for a few days. She said we would
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It’s not just the current political climate leading to a renewed interest in nuclear power. The story of nuclear fission is one of decreasing physical size, increasing safety, and increasing efficiency.
Bessemer Venture Partners • Investing in a world powered by nuclear fission
The discovery cut through the heart of the controversy.
James Gleick • Chaos: Making a New Science
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