The Age of Radiance (88 page)

Scherrer, Paul,
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Schlesinger, James,
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Schrödinger, Erwin,
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Scranton, William III,
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Seaborg, Glenn,
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Segawa, Kikuno,
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Segrè, Emilio,
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atomic bomb testing and,
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on Bohr,
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early career of,
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Fermi and,
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Hanford reactor output and,
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Manhattan Project and,
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medical imaging research of,
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Los Alamos and,
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–60,
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nuclear reactor (CP-1) installation and,
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Oak Ridge reactor and,
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–64

on Oppenheimer,
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–43

plutonium discovery by,
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postwar research of,
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thermonuclear weapons development and,
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Sengier, Edgar,
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Serber, Robert (Bob),
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–66,
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–201,
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Shevardnadze, Eduard,
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Shoup, David,
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Shultz, George P.,
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Siegbahn, Manne,
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Silard, Bela,
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Sime, Ruth Lewin,
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Simon, Walter,
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Single Integrated Operational Plan (SIOP-62),
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–89,
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Skardon, William,
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Skłodowska, Bronisława (Bronya),
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Skłodowska, Marja (Manya).
See
Curie, Marie

Smith, Francis,
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Smyth, Henry D.,
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Snow, C. P.,
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Society for the Protection of Science and Learning,
80

Socolow, Robert,
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Soddy, Frederick,
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–30,
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Solvay, Ernest,
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Somervell, Brehon,
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Sorbonne,
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Sorensen, Ted,
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South Korea,
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Speer, Albert,
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Spinoza, Baruch,
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Sputnik,
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Stalin, Joseph,
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arms race concerns about,
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atomic weapons program and,
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–33,
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death of,
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mass murders of,
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North Korea and,
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nuclear bomb threat under,
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Truman and,
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US relations with,
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Stallings, Richard,
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Stark, Johannes,
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START and START II treaties,
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Star Wars (Strategic Defense Initiative, SDI),
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Steen, Charles,
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Stern, Mark Joseph,
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–62

Stevenson, Adlai,
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Stevenson, Robert Louis,
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Stimson, Henry,
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–08,
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–11,
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storage facilities, for nuclear waste,
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Strategic Air Command (SAC)

aerial reconnaissance by,
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–80

civilian oversight of,
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headquarters of,
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LeMay as chief of,
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power of,
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–88

secret missile launch codes and,
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–81

Strauss, Lewis,
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arms race and,
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–59

image of atomic energy promoted by,
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–31

nuclear detection system and,
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Oppenheimer and,
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–61,
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support for Szilard from,
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test-ban agreement and,
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Strassmann, Fritz,
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Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI; Star Wars),
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Sunday Punch defense strategy,
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–79,
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Super thermonuclear bombs.
See
hydrogen (Super) bombs

Suzuki, Tomohiko,
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Swedish Academy of Sciences,
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Sweeney, Chuck,
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System for Nuclear Auxiliary Power (SNAP),
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Szilard, Trude (Gertrude),
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Szilard, Leo,
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arms control and,
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assistance to exiles in London by,
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atomic bomb petition from,
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on atomic bombs,
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childhood of,
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cobalt experimentation by,
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Cold War fears of,
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concern about German use of nuclear arms and,
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Cuban Missile Crisis and,
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death of,
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education of,
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Einstein and,
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Fermi’s work with,
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Groves’s suspicions about,
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–50,
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Hungarian background of,
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Institute for Biological Studies work of,
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inventions of,
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Met Lab research in Chicago by,
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morality of atomic bomb use and,
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move to New York by,
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need for atomic bomb research advocated by,
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neutron-triggered chain reaction research of,
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nuclear fission research and,
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nuclear reactor design and,
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nuclear research oversight and,
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Oak Ridge reactor and,
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political campaigns and power of,
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postwar research by,
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research secrecy and,
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–13,
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Teller’s radiation concepts and,
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US military research and,
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–23

uranium fission research of,
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Wells’s concept of atomic bomb and,
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Wigner on,
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Szilard, Louis,
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Szilard, Tekla,
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Taniguchi, Sumiteru,
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Tanimoto, Kiyoshi¸
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Tatlock, Jean,
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technetium,
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Teflon,
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Telegdi, Valentine,
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Teller, Edward,
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arms race with Soviets and,
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atomic bomb design and,
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atomic bomb use in Japan and,
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Bohr and,
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concern about German progress by,
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concerns about Soviet power by,
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exile visas for family of,
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FBI’s suspicions about spying by,
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on Fermi’s research,
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fusion-bomb usage proposals of,
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Hungarian background of,
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hydrogen bomb research of,
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Livermore lab and,
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Los Alamos and,
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need for atomic bomb research advocated by,
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nuclear defense strategy and,
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nuclear explosives research of,
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nuclear power reactor safety and,
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on Oppenheimer,
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personality of,
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–49,
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political campaigns and power of,
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professional relationships of,
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Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative and,
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–32,
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research at Chicago by,
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test-ban agreement and,
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thermonuclear fusion (Super bomb) design of,
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thermonuclear testing (Mike) at Elugelab and,
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Ulam’s relationship with,
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US military research and,
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uranium fission research of,
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Teller, Mici,
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test-ban agreements,
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Thatcher, Margaret,
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thermonuclear (Super) bomb.
See
hydrogen (Super) bomb

Thompson, Silvanus¸
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Thomson, William,
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st Baron Kelvin,
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thorium breeder reactors,
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Thornburgh, Richard,
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Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station (TMI), Pennsylvania,
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–10,
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federal officials on,
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–09,
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mechanism of accident at,
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public reaction to,
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radiation released in,
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Tibbets, Enola Gay,
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Tibbets, Paul Warfield,
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Todreas, Neil,
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Tokyo,
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firebombing of,
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radiation fallout affecting,
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Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO),
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Trabacchi, G. C.,
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Tracerlab,
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tracers,
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Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT),
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