“In a great number of cases, I have seen Dr. Oppenheimer act — I understand that Dr. Oppenheimer acted — in a way which was for me was exceedingly hard to understand. I thoroughly disagreed with him in numerous issues and his actions frankly appeared to me confused and complicated. To this extent I feel that I would like to see the vital interests of this country in hands which I understand better, and therefore trust more. In this very limited sense I would like to express a feeling that I would feel personally more secure if public matters would rest in other hands.”
Edward Teller — Oppenheimer’s security hearing in 1954
Oppenheimer’s former colleague, physicist Edward Teller, testified on behalf of the government at Oppenheimer’s security hearing in 1954.
The ‘Los Alamos Primer’ is perhaps the most important single document of the 20th Century. Yet, it is a rather simple document that could have been written by many others “elsewhere”, and possibly several years earlier. Thus, the History of this world could have been drastically different. In this post, I discus the Section III of the document: Fast Neutron Chain Reaction. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading
