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The Manhattan Project: Race to the Atomic Bomb

The three-year race to build the atomic bomb, from Einstein's 1939 letter to Truman's decision at Potsdam. Oppenheimer at Los Alamos with 130,000 people spread across 30 sites in total secrecy.…

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