And for the thousands of chemists, metallurgists, and engineers on the project, it would be a sore spot—only the physics was declassifiable.
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@wellerstein Economic risks of allowing atomic energy were apparent to energy establishment. Szilard, Weinberg, Daniels saw opportunity
@Atomicrod Szilard et al. wanted peaceful energy in part because they wanted something good to come out of the bomb.
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@wellerstein Szilard took out a patent on chain reaction in 1934, LONG before anyone started thinking about bombs. He was a commercial guy -
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@Atomicrod@wellerstein Wrong. Szilard's motives in patenting the chain reaction were completely altruistic. No desire to profit. -
@GeneDannen@Atomicrod@wellerstein Szilard and Fermi also patented their "neutronic reactor" http://www.google.com/patents/US2708656 … -
@curiouswavefn@GeneDannen@Atomicrod That was a secret patent, required by and assigned to the government. http://alexwellerstein.com/atomic_patents/ -
@curiouswavefn@GeneDannen@Atomicrod It was specifically about denying Szilard et al. any control over or profit from the technology. -
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@wellerstein@curiouswavefn@Atomicrod Fermi and many others were compensated for their patents. Groves made sure that Szilard was not. -
@GeneDannen@wellerstein@Atomicrod Groves and Szilard was a match made in heaven... -
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@curiouswavefn@wellerstein@Atomicrod Szilard believed that leaving Project would be same as 'soldier deserting his post in wartime.'
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