Now It Can Be Told: The Story Of The Manhattan Project'Groves's astuteness is most clearly demonstrated in that, in spite of every contraindication from the military security division whose value and function he supported and even overestimated, he selected Oppenheimer as scientific director ... Oppie knew in detail the research going on in every part of the laboratory, and was as excellent at analyzing human problems as the countless technical ones. He knew how to lead without seeming to do so. |
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THE BEGINNINGS OF THE MED | 3 |
FIRST STEPS | 19 |
THE URANIUM ORE SUPPLY | 33 |
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Now It Can Be Told: The Story Of The Manhattan Project General Leslie R. Groves Limited preview - 2009 |
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