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In reply to the discussion: Deadliest weapon ever invented- Metal Storm [View all]localroger
(3,782 posts)45. Seriously?
There are others, but most of those who came after reference Rhodes, and Rhodes is generally credited with dragging most of the history of Bomb into the light of day, digging up obscure documents and interviewing the principals who were still alive in the process. Rhodes had tremendous access because he is a respected historian, and lest you think he has some kind of atomic related agenda his next project after Dark Sun was a biography of John James Audubon.
TMotAB has over 50 pages of footnotes. I recommend reading it, and if you have an issue with any of his conclusions follow his notes. They are the primary sources most other writers end up sourcing.
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I wonder if anyone is considering a code of ethics for engineers that might make them think twice...
LongTomH
Aug 2013
#7
Accept the idea the Manhattan Project was, by 1944, not really about WWII you (generic you) then
HubertHeaver
Aug 2013
#41
This concept is 20 years old, has never been deployed (though the chinese are working on it)
AtheistCrusader
Aug 2013
#16
It's not a manufacturer's statement, it's an episode of a series on Discovery called
ET Awful
Aug 2013
#26