atom bomb
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This frustrated Marcus because he otherwise liked the innovative theory that had been proposed by Willard Libby, a physicist who had helped develop the atom bomb.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Knowing she’ll lose the ability to pick a side cast her back into the fight, and with an atom bomb that the hive mind, by its endlessly giving nature, had to provide.
From Salon ● Dec. 29, 2025
The mayor of Nagasaki has appealed for an end to the wars raging in the world on the 80th anniversary of the US atom bomb attack which destroyed the Japanese city.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2025
Last month, American spy agencies told Congress, as well as foreign allies, that Mr. Putin might deploy and use an atom bomb in space that could disable thousands of satellites.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2024
Then World War II intervened and Oppenheimer himself became closely involved in the atom bomb project.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
