One more graph from the chapter I'm working on today (this one more subject to future adjustment): articles containing "banned" terms about atomic research in eight major US newspapers, 1938-1945.pic.twitter.com/GRWwm7Glzm
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My takeaway: the official censorship order (June 1943) did not have much effect on trends already in place. The big change happened in late 1941, when the project work ramped up and experts on fission, etc., were brought under security rules & stopped publishing/talking to press.
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The sudden lack of talk about atomic work was noted in the May 1942 issue of Time magazine: "exploration of the atom — chief interest of physicists — has come to a stop."pic.twitter.com/4Yap32pvt3
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#ObPedantry The 11 May 1942 issue.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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