Jumat, 21 April 2017

‘I Am Destiny’: Reporting on the Atom Bomb

To scoop the world on the atomic bomb, a reporter vanished into the corridors of top-secret power In early May 1945, U.S. Army Major General Leslie R. Groves visited the New York Times offices on West 43rd Street to talk with managing editor Edwin James. After he  and Groves had conferred, James called science reporter …

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