Bomb (30 page)

“He wasn't supposed”: Feynman,
Surely You're Joking
.

“This would be a very”: Sykes,
No Ordinary Genius
.

Chicago Pile

“It was terribly cold”: Libby,
Uranium People
.

“The scene of this test”: Kelly,
Manhattan Project
.

“The balcony was”: Libby,
Uranium People
.

“If the pile should”: Groves,
Now It Can Be Told.

“Go ahead, George”: Fermi,
Atoms in the Family
.

“You could hear”: Rhodes,
Atom Bomb
.

“This will do it”: Fermi,
Atoms in the Family
.

“Then the clicks”: Anderson,
Bulletin of Atomic Scientists.

“The pile has gone critical”: Rhodes,
Atom Bomb
.

“Everyone began”: Anderson,
Bulletin of Atomic Scientists.

“The controlled release”: Libby,
Uranium People
.

“For some time”: Libby,
Uranium People
.

Operation Gunnerside

“You must reckon”: Mears,
Real Heroes
.

“You have a fifty-fifty”: Gallagher,
Assault
.

“It was a tight fit”: Haukelid,
Skis Against
.

“We were all issued”: Mears,
Real Heroes
.

“No doubt the hearts”: Haukelid,
Skis Against
.

“Do you know where”: Gallagher,
Assault
.

“There was back-slapping”: Haukelid,
Skis Against
.

“As you all know”: Gallagher,
Assault
.

High Concentration

“The weather was”: Laurence,
Dawn Over Zero
.

“The great seven-story”: Haukelid,
Skis Against
.

“All right, men”: Gallagher,
Assault
.

“The time seemed long”: Haukelid,
Skis Against
.

“What could be holding”: Gallagher,
Assault
.

“Shall I fire”: Haukelid,
Skis Against
.

“The Germans still don't” Gallagher,
Assault
.

“High concentration installation”: Haukelid,
Skis Against
.

The Gatekeeper

“How would you like a job”: Conant,
109 East Palace
.

“Go to 109 East Palace”: Jungk,
A Thousand Suns
.

“They arrived, breathless”: Conant,
109 East Palace.

“Some amazing rumors”: Groves,
Now It Can Be Told
.

“for Santa Fe purposes”: Kelly,
Manhattan Project
.

“The FBI and Army”: Serber,
Peace and War
.

“I can't understand”: Conant,
109 East Palace
.

The Gadget

“Buildings were still”: Kelly,
Manhattan Project
.

“The object of the project”: Bird,
American Prometheus
.

“He wasn't much”: Conant,
109 East Palace.

“Around Los Alamos”: Serber,
Los Alamos Primer
.

“We started working”: Sykes,
No Ordinary Genius
.

“The site itself”: Serber,
Peace and War
.

“It was a shambles”:
109 East Palace.

“The first thing I noticed”: Teller,
Memoirs
.

“I was shocked”: Bird,
American Prometheus
.

“Bob Christy”: Feynman,
Surely You're Joking
.

“Welcome to Los Alamos”: Conant,
109 East Palace.

“Whatever the enemy”: Smith,
Letters and Recollections
.

“it is requested”:
Los Alamos: 1943–1945
.

Laboratory Number 2

“The greatest military”: Goodchild,
J. Robert Oppenheimer
.

“Oppenheimer was not observed”: Bird,
American Prometheus
.

“subject still is or may be”: Goodchild,
J. Robert Oppenheimer
.

“Oppenheimer is irreplaceable”: Herken,
Brotherhood
.

“In the future”: Bird,
American Prometheus
.

“This is a pleasure”: this and other quotes from Pash-Oppenheimer interview are from
In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer
.

“playing a key part”: Conant,
109 East Palace.

“The material as a whole”: Rhodes,
Dark Sun
.

“In the presence of this”: Haynes,
Spies
.

“extremely excited”: Hornblum,
Harry Gold
.

“Forget them”:
Scope of Soviet Activity
.

Ferry Job

All quotes from: Haukelid,
Skis Against the Atom.

Dirty Work

“Railway Ferry Hydro Sunk”: Haukelid,
Skis Against
.

“We were truly”: Groves,
Now It Can Be Told
.

“The position of Heisenberg”: Powers,
Heisenberg's War
.

“On or about 9 December”: Moon,
The Deadliest Colonel
.

“Our purpose is to deny”: Powers,
Heisenberg's War
.

“this new operation”: this and all remaining quotes in chapter from Moon,
The Deadliest Colonel
.

Secret Cities

“It was clear to all”: Smith,
Letters and Recollections
.

“Well, let's look this over”: Bird,
American Prometheus
.

“Each of us could walk”: Conant,
109 East Palace
.

“In his presence”: Bird,
American Prometheus
.

“This is how many”: Rhodes,
Atomic Bomb
.

“Whenever I wanted”: Feynman,
Surely You're Joking
.

“Here at great expense”: Conant, 109
East Palace.

“Now, the following people”: Feynman,
Surely You're Joking
.

“I had known”: Truman,
Memoirs
.

“Truman is a nuisance”: McCullough,
Truman
.

Man with Four Gloves

“The place had been”:
Scope of Soviet Activity
.

“What is the way”: Hornblum,
Harry Gold
.

“We strolled a while”: Haynes,
Spies
.

“We immediately turned into”: Rhodes,
Dark Sun
.

“A stern warning”: Haynes,
Spies
.

Born Rebel

“delightful”: Albright,
Bombshell
.

“I saw Robert”: Ulam,
Adventures
.

“The terrible shock”: Conant,
109 East Palace
.

“The only way”: Bird,
American Prometheus
.

“Living conditions are still”: Albright,
Bombshell
.

Two Inside

“I want to speak to someone”: Haynes,
Spies
.

“an exceptionally keen”: Albright,
Bombshell
.

“T.H. is 19 years old:” Haynes,
Spies
.

“Well, how do we know”: Hall,
Nova Interview
.

“Show this to any physicist”: Haynes,
Spies
.

“Our principle trouble”: Rhodes,
Dark Sun
.

“an exceedingly beautiful”: Hornblum,
Harry Gold
.

“I bring you greetings”: Haynes,
Spies
.

“He worked days”: Bird,
American Prometheus
.

“He's all ears”: Lamont,
Day of Trinity
.

“In the course of this work”: Fuchs,
Statement
.

“Everyone thought of him”: Moss,
Klaus Fuchs
.

The Pilot

All quotes from: Tibbets,
The Tibbets Story
.

Swiss Deal

“my proposed entry”: Powers,
Heisenberg's War
.

“Carl, there's a change”: Moon,
Deadliest Colonel
.

“Don't ask me”: Dawidoff,
The Catcher
.

“He'd been drilled”: Powers,
Heisenberg's War
.

“H likes my interest”: Dawidoff,
The Catcher
.

“I'm not a Nazi”: Powers,
Heisenberg's War
.

“If only we could get”: Goudsmit,
Alsos
.

Implosion

“I am glad to have”: Goudsmit,
Alsos
.

“Dr. Oppenheimer is mad”: Davis,
Lawrence
.

“a hundred or so pieces”: Rhodes,
Atomic Bomb
.

“Twice I dropped”: Albright,
Bombshell
.

“Now we have our bomb”: Rhodes,
Dark Sun
.

“If this is disinformation”: Holoway,
Stalin and the Bomb
.

“K. welcomed me”: Haynes,
Spies
.

“a huge bundle”:
Scope of Soviet Activity
.

“It was quite obvious”: Rhodes,
Dark Sun
.

Falling Stars

“Steve Early wants you”: McCullough,
Truman
.

“This is the V.P.”: Truman,
Memoirs
.

“I thought I was going”: McCullough,
Truman
.

“the president is dead”: Truman,
Memoirs
.

“As we approached”: Kelly,
Manhattan Project
.

“A German prisoner”: Rhodes,
Atomic Bomb
.

“The pieces of”: Groves,
Now It Can Be Told
.

“like an utterly exhausted”: Powers,
Heisenberg's War
.

“He was worth more”: Groves.
Now It Can Be Told
.

Land of Enchantment

“We discussed last-minute”:
Scope of Soviet Activity
.

“He wanted me to take”: Hornblum,
Harry Gold
.

“I complained”: Hornblum,
Harry Gold
.

“A basic rule”: Feklisov,
Man Behind
.

“I have been guiding”: Albright,
Bombshell
.

“For me, Hitler was”: Conant,
109 East Palace
.

“To test or not to test”: Badash,
Reminiscences
.

“the use of the gadget”: Bird,
American Prometheus
.

“People were feverishly”: Rhodes,
Atomic Bomb
.

“The voices on the telephone”: Royal,
Story of Oppenheimer
.

“Hardly more than a creek”: Hornblum,
Invisible Harry
.

“a considerable packet”: Albright,
Bombshell
.

“I did what I consider”: Fuchs,
Statement
.

“They might be coming”: Rhodes,
Dark Sun
.

“Mr. Greenglass”: Lamont,
Day of Trinity
.

“there are several men”:
Scope of Soviet Activity
.

Trinity

“We brushed our teeth” Jungk,
A Thousand Suns
.

“Time and time”:
In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer
.

“I got hold”: Rhodes,
Atomic Bomb
.

“I wonder whether”: Bernstein,
Uranium Club
.

“Any time after”: Goldchild,
J. Robert Oppenheimer
.

“We halted our efforts”: Rhodes,
Atomic Bomb
.

“Oppenheimer was really”: Kelly,
Manhattan Project
.

“Get some sleep”: Groves.
Now It Can Be Told
.

Test Shot

“There were about ninety”: Laurence,
Dawn Over Zero
.

“Don't worry”: Lamont,
Day of Trinity
.

“The guys discussed”: Albright,
Bombshell
.

“Naturally he was nervous”: Groves.
Now It Can Be Told
.

“What the hell's wrong”: Rhodes,
Atomic Bomb
.

“The scene inside”: Kelly,
Manhattan Project
.

“It is now zero”: Bird,
American Prometheus
.

“We were told to lie”: Rhodes,
Atomic Bomb
.

“Zero minus fifteen”: Bird,
American Prometheus
.

“It was an eerie sight”: Laurence,
Dawn of Zero
.

“Lord, these affairs”: Lamont,
Day of Trinity
.

“As we approached”: Groves.
Now It Can Be Told
.

“As the time interval”: Kelly,
Manhattan Project
.

“I put on dark glasses”: Badash,
Reminiscences
.

“We were lying there”: Rhodes,
Atomic Bomb
.

“Oppenheimer, on whom”: Kelly,
Manhattan Project
.

“And then, without a sound”: Goodchild,
J. Robert Oppenheimer
.

“There was an enormous”: Rhodes,
Dark Sun
.

“The whole country was lighted”: Groves,
Now It Can Be Told
.