“The discovery of curium was part of the Manhattan Project, so it stayed secret until World War II ended. It was supposed… — Sybrina Durant Copy Share Image
“In fact, it took the resources of three countries to produce the bomb: the United States, Great Britain, and Canada. But there… — Gregory Benford Copy Share Image
With control of the universe at stake, a crash program is imperative.We produced the A-bomb, under the huge Manhattan Project, in an… — Donald Keyhoe Copy Share Image
“The crash program for building the “super” dwarfed even the Manhattan Project. The AEC nearly tripled in size, growing from a handful… — Garrett M. Graff Copy Share Image
“In no other type of warfare does the advantage lie so heavily with the aggressor." James Franck, The Manhattan Project neatly summarize… — James Franck Copy Share Image
During my participation in the Manhattan Project and subsequent research at Los Alamos, encompassing a period of fifteen years, I worked in… — Frederick Reines Copy Share Image
SpaceX's goal to make life multiplanetary and get us to Mars and be able to stay there makes the Manhattan Project look… — Jared Isaacman Copy Share Image
I will have nothing to do with a bomb! [Response to being invited (1943) to work with Otto Robert Frisch and some… — Lise Meitner Copy Share Image
As the old saying went, the Manhattan Project wasn't built in a day. Or was that Rome? Something to do with Earth,… — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
“The approach to digital culture I abhor would indeed turn all the world's books into one book, just as Kevin (Kelly) suggested.… — Jaron Lanier Copy Share Image
To understand how black projects began, and how they continue to function today, one must start with the creation of the atomic… — Annie Jacobsen Copy Share Image
The 'clean energy' challenge deserves a commitment akin to the Manhattan project or the Apollo moon landing. — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
“As is now generally admitted, a Soviet bomb would not have been achieved for several years more but for the success of… — Robert Conquest Copy Share Image
All I'm saying is that it's shortsighted to blame TV. It's simply another symptom. TV didn't invent our aesthetic childishness here any… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
“An 11th U-boat, U-234, turned for America following the German surrender, yielding the to Americans and providing them with a full cargo… — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
I had a student some years ago whose father had worked on the Manhattan Project. I had a student who had to… — Anne Waldman Copy Share Image
“Mrs. Winterson didn't want her body resurrected because she had never, ever loved it, not even for a single minute of a… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
