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Richard Rhodes - Making of Atomic Bomb, AI, WW2, Oppenheimer, & Abolishing Nukes

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Why Soviet physics excelled despite limited resources

Soviet physicists had good education and were skilled in theoretical physics/nThey relied on manual calculations and old calculators for complex calculations/nThey had good scientific skills and were able to design effective bombs/nThe Soviet physicists gave a copy of the plutonium implosion bomb to Baria to save their lives and families

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