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\|	\|	drdavidclarke.co.uk Top Secret: clandestine introduction of nuclear weapons into the UK \|	7.8 parsecs away Travel
\|	\|	Much has been written about the dread experienced byJ. Robert Oppenheimerfollowing the detonation of Trinity in 1945, depicted inChristopher Nolan's new movie biopicof 'the father of the atomic bomb' But one of the most chilling outcomes of the Cold War nuclear stand-off that followed was the fear that a nuclear device could be smuggled into...	7.8 parsecs away Travel
\|	\|	blog.nuclearsecrecy.com How many people died at Hiroshima and Nagasaki? \| Restricted Data	5.9 parsecs away Travel
\|	\|	My new article in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists outlines the history of casualty estimation attempts, and why they have been inherently fraught.	5.9 parsecs away Travel
\|	\|	www.littlecitybooks.com Restricted Data: The History of Nuclear Secrecy in the United States (Hardcover) \| Little City Books	4.0 parsecs away Travel
\|	\|	The first full history of US nuclear secrecy, from its origins in the late 1930s to our postCold War present. The American atomic bomb was born in secrecy.	4.0 parsecs away Travel
\|	\|	4gravitons.com Why Quantum Gravity Is Controversial \| 4 gravitons	27.6 parsecs away Travel
\|		Merging quantum mechanics and gravity is a famously hard physics problem. Explaining why merging quantum mechanics and gravity is hard is, in turn, a very hard science communication problem. The more popular descriptions tend to lead to misunderstandings, and I've posted many times over the years to chip away at those misunderstandings. Merging quantum mechanics...	27.6 parsecs away Travel