2020.10.04

Nuclear Reaction

How An Article About The H-Bomb Landed Scientific American In The Middle Of The Red Scare

REDACTED: Hans Bethe’s H-bomb article. /  NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION, ARCHIVES II, RECORD GROUP 326, RECORDS OF THE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE RELATING TO WEAPONS, 1946–1951, BOX 107, FOLDER 380.01, “PUBLICATION OF INFORMATION REGARDING THE THERMONUCLEAR BOMB (SECRET).” IMAGE PROVIDED BY ALEX WELLERSTEIN

REDACTED: Hans Bethe’s H-bomb article. / NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION, ARCHIVES II, RECORD GROUP 326, RECORDS OF THE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE RELATING TO WEAPONS, 1946–1951, BOX 107, FOLDER 380.01, “PUBLICATION OF INFORMATION REGARDING THE THERMONUCLEAR BOMB (SECRET).” IMAGE PROVIDED BY ALEX WELLERSTEIN

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