15-02-2010, 08:04 PM
It's not really part of the public record, Bruce. The official story is the Rosenbergs did it. From what I've gleaned, Einstein thought the Soviets should have it, Oppenheimer was close enough to work with Bohr on it, but all parties were too intelligent to pass on "the secret" to the Soviets themselves. The secret wasn't a secret anyway: chuck two hunks of uranium at each other and they will explode.
What do you make of the Port Chicago incident?
What do you make of the Port Chicago incident?

