A Day of infamy

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Success is it's own reward.

Yes, but chicks dig it more when you get recognition in a Hollywood film.

 

[Insidious Von]

HUGE SPOILER

Did they give Fermi credit for his work in the film?

I don't want to give it away, you'll have to watch the film. As for credit, I'll just go with the guy that got Christopher Nolan the Batman franchise.

Respect - Italian men don't drink tea.

 

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I haven't seen Nolan's film "Oppenheimer", but many years ago I saw bits and pieces of a BBC production titled "Oppenheimer". It was released in 1980 and is a 7 part mini-series(50 minutes each) starring Sam Waterston as Oppenheimer. It's probably not as spectacular looking as the current Oppenheimer film, but it tells the story well. Good luck finding it. It was released on dvd years ago, but has been out of print for years.

https://variety.com/2023/tv/global/oppenheimer-bbc-christopher-nolan-sam-waterston-1235677307/

 

[Insidious Von]

Enrico Fermi was right on two counts.

He believed that nuclear power could replace coal power as an electrical source. He also believe that the emissions for coal plants was lead poisoning the general population. As a Roman himself he would know a great deal about lead poisoning.

The Atomic Energy Commission run by Lewis Strauss (Robert Downey Jr in the film) gave him a site in Idaho to build a Experimental Breeder Reactor. Fermi led a team of scientists to create a self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction. It worked spectacularly. Unfortunately Fermi was already too sick from exposure to radiation to build the first Nuclear Power Plant, the USSR did it first.

Dr. Herb Needleman, a pediatrician, would prove Fermi right.

 

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Robert Oppenheimer was naive in thinking that the atomic bomb would end all wars.

It ended all big wars. Just the little wars now.

 

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The women not to be forgotten. The A-bomb was a terrible weapon but it saved many lives and ended WW II.
The Women Scientists of the Manhattan Project (Part 2) | Digital Trends

 

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" Marie Curie did not work on the atomic bomb directly, but her discoveries of radium and radioactivity were essential for understanding how atoms can be split and release energy12. She also coined the term radioactive to describe the emission of particles from atoms3. Her research influenced many later scientists who worked on the atomic bomb, such as Einstein and Meitner4. Do you want to know more about Marie Curie or the atomic bomb?
Learn more:
1. ahf.nuclearmuseum.org2. atomicarchive.com3. nationalww2museum.org4. washingtonpost.com5. britannica.com6. bbc.com+4 more
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The end of the Pacific war came none too soon for the people still under occupation by the enemy. Eastern China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Burma, Korea, etc.were all still occupied.
List of Japanese operations during World War II - Wikipedia

 

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The U.S. had only two A-bombs. Using one for demonstration purposes would leave just one remaining. As it turned out, both A-bombs were needed to convince the enemy to surrender.