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S2.6 Camp Y

The Bomb

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The Secret Life of Edward Teller

To be a good spy, he needs to build intimacy and trust. You not only contribute something professionally as a scientist, but also you must be accepted as a human being. Klaus fukes was a very good friend and collaborator of teller's so he no doubt knew a lot about the hydrogen bomb. Within the friendships fookes is forming are the seeds of future confrontations. Minds like these can't be kept in a box. They question collaborate and dispute their way to the answers. The scientific director, j robert oppenheimer, pushes back, and ultimate wins the day they had to talk to each other.

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