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The quote about plutonium comes from Jeremy Bernstein, on edge.org:

Jeremy Bernstein

Professor Emeritus, Stevens Institute of Technology; Former Staff Writer, The New Yorker

- https://www.edge.org/response-detail/10660

and:

Bernstein studied at Harvard University, receiving his bachelor's degree in 1951, masters in 1953, and Ph.D. in 1955, on electromagnetic properties of deuterium, under Julian Schwinger. As a theoretical physicist, he worked on elementary particle physics and cosmology. A summer spent in Los Alamos led to a position at the Institute for Advanced Study.[2] In 1962 he became a faculty member at New York University, moving to become a professor of physics at Stevens Institute of Technology in 1967, a position that he continues to hold as Professor Emeritus.[3] He has held adjunct or visiting positions at the Brookhaven National Laboratory, CERN, Oxford, the University of Islamabad, and the Ecole Polytechnique.[4]

He was also involved in Project Orion, investigating the potential for nuclear pulse propulsion for use in space travel.

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Bernstein#Education_and...

I didn't check wikipedia's references, but it looks to be worth more than the side-eye.




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