Espionage and the Manhattan Project
Robert S. Norris talked about George Koval, an American citizen who spied for the Soviet Union for almost ten years and supplied them with information about the atomic bomb. James Schoke and…
1,923 viewsRobert S. Norris talked about George Koval, an American citizen who spied for the Soviet Union for almost ten years and supplied them with information about the atomic bomb. James Schoke and…
1,923 viewsRobert Norris, Kari Bird, and Marty Sherwin talked about the impact General Leslie Groves and Robert Oppenheimer had on the Manhattan Project. They were joined by grandson Charles Oppenhe…
1,742 viewsPanelists debated whether the use of the atomic bomb was morally sound, necessary to end the war, or the first shot of the Cold War. With thousands of combatants and civilians dying each mon…
3,372 viewsPanelists spoke about the history of nuclear weapons policy and past diplomatic efforts to limit or reduce nuclear stockpiles. The spoke about U.S. nuclear weapons programs from the end of W…
344 viewsRobert Norris discussed Racing for the Bomb, his biography of General Leslie Groves published by Steerforth Press. Leslie Groves was a career officer in the Army Corps of Engineers who becam…
407 viewsAmbassador Fahmy, Secretary Bodman, and Ms. Giannella addressed a day-long conference on nuclear non-proliferation issues. They talked about the threats to international security posed by nu…
169 viewsAuthors discussed the agreement of confidentiality that the scientists had to make with the military and the relationships that the scientists had with one another. Mr. Norris is the author …
204 viewsRobert Norris, director of the Nuclear Weapons Data Project at the Natural Resources Defense Council, talked about headline news about the resources on the arms reduction for missile defense…
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