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2020
July 2020
16
Meditations
If the first nuclear weapons test had been a flop, would the world be better or worse off?
2016
September 2016
30
Redactions
If he had lived to make the decision, would Roosevelt have dropped the atomic bomb?
2014
22
Meditations
How many people would have died if an atomic bomb had been dropped on Tokyo in early 1945, instead of firebombs? And why does it matter?
June 2014
27
Meditations
How important was Albert Einstein's work or personal intervention to the making of the atomic bomb? Not as important as most people think.
2013
October 2013
 4
Redactions
If the first atomic bomb had been ready in 1944, would it have been used against the Nazis? Surprisingly, Roosevelt may have been interested in doing it.
2012
June 2012
18
Meditations
What would have happened if the US hadn't decided to try and build an H-bomb in early 1950? Some alternative scenarios are considered.
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