The Age of Radiance (83 page)

Cuban Missile Crisis,
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Curie, Dr. Eugène,
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Curie, Eve,
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Curie, Irène.
See
Joliot-Curie, Irène

Curie, Jacques,
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Curie, Marie (born Marja (Manya) Skłodowska),
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courtship and marriage to Marie,
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–25

daughter Irène’s marriage and work and,
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–52,
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death of,
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effect of death of Pierre on,
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–43

Einstein on,
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family and childhood of,
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,
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–20

first meeting between Pierre and,
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–23

funding for,
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health of,
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as hero in popular culture,
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Langevin’s affair with,
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–45,
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–48,
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Meitner’s admiration for,
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move to Paris by,
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Nobel Prize to Pierre and,
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–48

relationship with government of,
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research collaboration with Pierre,
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–37

success and fame of,
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–39,
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US tour of,
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Universal Exposition visit of,
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–34

uranium source of,
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work in Poland of,
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–18

Curie, Pierre,
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background of,
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courtship and marriage to Marie,
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death of,
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–41

early research of,
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–23,
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first meeting between Marie and,
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–23

health of,
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Nobel Prize to Marie and,
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research collaboration with Marie,
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–37

success and fame of,
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–39

Universal Exposition visit of,
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–34

curietherapy,
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Daiichi power plant, Japan.
See
Fukushima Daiichi power plant disaster, Japan

Dallet, Joe,
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Dally, Clarence Madison,
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David’s Sling,
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Day After, The
(TV movie),
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Dead Hand defense strategy,
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–93,
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Debye, Peter,
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Decapitation defense strategy,
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de Gaulle, Charles,
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de Hevesy, George,
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Department of Energy (DOE),
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–75

Desfosses, Emma Jeanne,
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Detinov, Nikolai,
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–300

deuterium,
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Dirac, Paul,
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dirty bombs,
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Dluski, Bronisława (Bronya) Skłodowska,
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Dluski, Casimir,
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Dobrynin, Anatoly,
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–98

Dr. Strangelove
(movie),
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,
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–92,
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Donne, John,
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Doolittle, James,
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Doomsday Machine,
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–92

Döpel, Robert,
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–84

Douple, Evan,
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downwinders,
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–72,
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Dubovsky, B. G.,
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DuBridge, Lee,
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Dulles, John Foster,
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Dunning, John R.,
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DuPont, Robert,
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–70

DuPont and Company,
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Dyson, Freeman,
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earthquakes, in Japan,
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–45,
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–53

Ebermayer, Erich,
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Edison, Thomas,
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Edmundson, James,
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Eifler, Carl,
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Einstein, Albert,
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on atomic bomb use,
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on Bohr,
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Brownian motion explanation of,
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childhood interest in science of,
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–85

Emergency Committee of Concerned Scientists of,
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emigration to the United States by,
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,
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Fermi on,
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German denunciations of,
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–68,
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on Haber,
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as hero in popular culture,
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on Langevin,
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letters between Roosevelt and,
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–18,
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Los Alamos consultations by,
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Manhattan Project and,
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on Marie Curie,
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on Meitner,
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,
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need for atomic bomb research advocated by,
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–15

nuclear energy and,
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nuclear warfare and
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Oppenheimer and,
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Planck’s research and,
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on scientists and war efforts,
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Szilard and,
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theory of general relativity of,
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unified field theory of,
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US military research and,
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Eisenhower, Dwight D.,
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arms control (Open Skies) plan of,
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arms race and,
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Atomic Energy Commission and,
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Atoms for Peace and,
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ballistic missile tracking and,
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concern about nuclear arms use and,
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defense policy of,
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first US nuclear power plant and,
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military-industrial complex of,
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missile defense shield concept and,
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nuclear merchant ship commissioned by,
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–05

Oppenheimer and,
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–60

presidency of,
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Rosenbergs’ execution and,
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Soviet threat and,
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test-ban agreement and,
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use of atomic bomb in Japan and,
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Eltenton, George¸
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Elugelab atoll, Mike thermonuclear tests on,
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Emergency Committee of Concerned Scientists,
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ENIAC computer,
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Eniwetok Island, Mike thermonuclear tests on,
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),
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Esau, Abraham,
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Ester, Julius,
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Falk, Jim,
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fallout shelters,
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Fate of the Earth, The
(Schell),
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Fat Man bomb,
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FBI

Bohr and,
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–75

Einstein and,
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Fermi and,
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Manhattan Project and,
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Oppenheimer and,
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spying detected by,
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Szilard and,
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Feather, Norman,
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Fermi, Enrico,
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atomic bomb design and,
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atomic bomb testing and,
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childhood of,
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death of,
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–66,
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decision to emigrate to the United States by,
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education of,
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element discovered by,
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family life of,
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German nuclear program and,
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Hahn’s research on nucleus and,
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Hanford reactor and,
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–65

irradiation research of,
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legacy of,
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Los Alamos and,
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Manhattan Project and,
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marriage of,
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need for atomic bomb research advocated by,
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Nobel Prize to,
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nuclear fission experiment at Columbia and,
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nuclear reactor design by,
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Oak Ridge reactor and,
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on Oppenheimer,
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personality of,
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political campaigns and power of,
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postwar research at Chicago by,
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research approach of,
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–25

research secrecy and,
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–13,
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on scientific advances,
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subatomic particle research of,
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Szilard and,
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Teller and,
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thermonuclear fusion research and,
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US military research and,
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–23

University of Rome research on uranium of,
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–64,
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uranium fission research of,
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–13,
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–25,
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wartime status as enemy alien,
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Wigner on,
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Fermi, Giulio,
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Fermi, Laura,
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Fermi, Nella,
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Fermilab,
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Fermi paradox,
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fermium,
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Forsmark nuclear power plant, Sweden,
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Ferraby, Tom¸
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Feynman, Richard (Dick),
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films, radiation theme in,
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–11,
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First Lightning weapons test,
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Fischer, Emil,
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