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Richard Rhodes — The Making of the Atomic Bomb

The Joe Walker Podcast

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The Power of Blank Sources

Harry Truman didn't even find out about the bomb until he became president. In a time when communications were so much bigger than they are now, how do people get anything done? I kind of trust the scientific community to be on top of it. But the idea that there are blank sources buzzing around is really remote.

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