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An outstanding collection of essays, written over 50 years, by one of the giants of twentieth century physics. Hans Bethe won the Nobel Prize in physics for his work on stellar evolution. He is perhaps the most senior figure from the Manhattan Project still living.
The essays are nontechnical, and mostly discuss the nuclear arms race. Many were cowritten with other prominent scientists, like Richard Garwin. These essays span the Cold War, and most have a common theme of how to avoid a nuclear war. The book concludes with essays by Bethe on other prominent physicists that he has known. Freeman Dyson. J Robert Oppenheimer. Richard Feynman [who got his PhD from Bethe]. The essay on Feynman echoes what Bethe said in a memorial lecture for Feynman, given at Los Alamos in 1988, shortly after Feynman's death. [I was fortunate to be present at the latter lecture.]
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test cessation agreement, invulnerable deterrent, equivalent megatons, fighting mirror, meltdown accident, robot stations, antisatellite weapons, homologous core, defensive radar, boost phase, counterforce strategy, penetration aids, small nuclear weapons, uranium project, antimissile missiles, reentry vehicles, containment building Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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test cessation agreement, invulnerable deterrent, equivalent megatons, fighting mirror, meltdown accident, robot stations, antisatellite weapons, homologous core, defensive radar, boost phase, counterforce strategy, penetration aids, small nuclear weapons, uranium project, antimissile missiles, reentry vehicles, containment building Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Soviet Union, Star Wars, Los Alamos, New York, President Reagan, Strategic Defense Initiative, Warsaw Pact, Department of Defense, United Nations, Edward Teller, President Eisenhower, President Truman, Atomic Energy Commission, California Institute of Technology, Defense Department, Weinberger Doctrine, American Physical Society, General Advisory Committee, Great Britain, Niels Bohr, President Kennedy, Three Mile Island, Crab Nebula, International Atomic Energy Agency New!
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