The Lessons of Oppenheimer's Experience

"I wonder what is the lesson for us now from Oppenheimer's experience," he says. "They were utterly and completely persuaded that the Nazis were going to get the bomb first." The scientists knew they'd figured it out and other scientists would figure it out, author says. He doesn't have a lot of sympathy for him about his agonizing in every other aspect of his life., including relentless cheating on his wife.

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