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“Just as I was ready to leave for the train on Friday, Capt. Grafton came into my office much perturbed …”
“One might be led to question whether the scientists acted wisely in presenting the statesmen of the world with this appalling new problem. Actually, there was no choice …”
Note by G.T. Seaborg: “This paper has been carefully written so as to describe only work which is declassifiable …”
"DECLASSIFIED…The use of graphite was therefore suggested as a replacement for beryllia in the fuel rod because of..."
“However, our conjecture that the graphite quality of the Clinton pile was underestimated … leads to a value … in apparent disagreement with the experimental results…”
"The main characteristic feature of Plowshare is its exceedingly wide applicability throughout fields of economic or scientific interest..."
"The public has never understood or appreciated the gains and status of the peaceful atom… this story must be told so we can learn to use the power of nuclear energy wisely..."
“the men from the AEC meeting with President Eisenhower hailed their small generator, which had no moving parts, as a “significant breakthrough…”
"the genetic map will enable medical researchers to begin to unravel the mechanisms of inherited disease..."
"...we are at a juncture where we are attempting to understand the earth as an integrated dynamic system, rather than a collection of isolated components..."
"Processes occurring at the nanoscale and microscale develop certain structures that drive material behavior..."
"By rapidly making complete digital sky maps, LSST will change astronomy forever… it will be the premier cosmology survey instrument..."
"…we can imagine a day when technologies like solar panels and high-efficiency appliances will allow us to build zero energy homes that produce as much energy as they consume", President George W. Bush
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