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Hello all! My name is Priscilla McMillan. I am the author of a book published in 2005, The Ruin of J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Birth...
About My Book
Physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer was the head of the Manhattan Project that developed the atomic bomb in 1945, helping to speed the end of...
The Obama Administration and Nuclear Weapons Policy
The fledgling Obama Administration has already made two attempts to change things in the nation's troubled nuclear weapons establishment. ...
In Memoriam: John Archibald Wheeler
John Archibald Wheeler, who died on April 13, 2008 at the age of 96, was one of the great physicists of the 20th century. Not only that,...
Use of Nuclear Weapons – What have we learned?
One of the most important functions of the study of history is to guide us in the present to avoid the mistakes of the past. The 1949...
New Web site fights secrecy and lies
Tom commented that “secrecy is the great theme of Oppenheimer’s life and of American history in our time.” (See comments under “Our...
Our Nuclear Past and Present
As we leave Super Tuesday behind and the presidential race narrows, candidates' positions on US nuclear policy are bound to receive...
Government Secrecy
Hello all! Priscilla here. Today’s topic is government secrecy. In a secrets-driven nation that spent $43.5 billion on intelligence...
