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Atomic Bomb

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Hiroshima

The lives of six people who survived the atomic bomb.

John Hersey New Yorker Aug 1946 2h Permalink

History Science

The Most Important Scientist You’ve Never Heard Of

For 60 years, American drivers unknowingly poisoned themselves by pumping leaded gasoline into their tanks. Clair Patterson—a scientist who helped build the atomic bomb and discovered the true age of the Earth—took on a billion-dollar industry to save humanity from itself.

Lucas Reilly Mental Floss May 2017 45min Permalink

Best Article

The Point of No Return (Part 2)

Did A.Q. Khan sell nuclear secrets on the black market? The fame had unbalanced him. He was subjected to a degree of public acclaim rarely seen in the West—an extreme close to idol worship, which made him hungry for more. Money seems never to have been his obsession, but it did play a role.

William Langewiesche The Atlantic Jan 2006 55min Permalink

Best Article

The Wrath of Khan (Part 1)

The unlikely ascent of A.Q. Khan, the scientist who gave Pakistan the Bomb, and his suspicious fall from grace.

William Langewiesche The Atlantic Nov 2005 1h Permalink

Best Article History

Atomic John

The truck driver who reverse engineered the atomic bomb.

David Samuels New Yorker Dec 2008 40min Permalink