Oppenheimer on his role in target selection, use of the atomic bomb, and morality, almost a decade after (1954).pic.twitter.com/kr80sETsDG
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@wellerstein And here's what Oppenheimer said when Groves told him about the Hiroshima bombing. http://www.dannen.com/decision/opp-tel.html …
@GeneDannen I think it is interesting that 20k was fine by him, 70k was maybe too much. I wonder how he drew that line, in his head.
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@wellerstein@GeneDannen Fermi proposed dirty bombing German agric. in '43, but JRO shot it down cuz it couldn't kill more than 1/2 million.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@wellerstein Oppenheimer wrote no memoir to explain himself. Maybe too many things he didn't want to, or couldn't, explain.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@wellerstein@GeneDannen perhaps because in the lasts campaigns (Iwo Jima, Peleliu...) the casualties were around the 20k for both sidesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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