The development of the first atomic bomb is the great tragic epic of the 20th century, an operatic story. The emotional power of music can extract the richness of this almost mythological narrative, the Wagnerian mystery. Richard Rhodes
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![[Some Washington bureaucrats see the project as a waste of money in times of severely stretched public funds. But] whenever the US project was on the verge of failing, Hitler and his war machine came to the rescue, ... The Making of the Atomic Bomb. - Richard Rhodes Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=W1NvbWUgV2FzaGluZ3RvbiBidXJlYXVjcmF0cyBzZWUgdGhlIHByb2plY3QgYXMgYSB3YXN0ZSBvZiBtb25leSBpbiB0aW1lcyBvZiBzZXZlcmVseSBzdHJldGNoZWQgcHVibGljIGZ1bmRzLiBCdXRdIHdoZW5ldmVyIHRoZSBVUyBwcm9qZWN0IHdhcyBvbiB0aGUgdmVyZ2Ugb2YgZmFpbGluZywgSGl0bGVyIGFuZCBoaXMgd2FyIG1hY2hpbmUgY2FtZSB0byB0aGUgcmVzY3VlLCAuLi4gVGhlIE1ha2luZyBvZiB0aGUgQXRvbWljIEJvbWIuIA==&author=ICBSaWNoYXJkIFJob2RlcyAgICA=&num=3 "[Some Washington bureaucrats see the project as a waste of money in times of severely stretched public funds. But] whenever the US project was on the verge of failing, Hitler and his war machine came to the rescue, ... The Making of the Atomic Bomb. - Richard Rhodes Quotes")
![[Of course, nobody is expecting original scholarship onstage. That isn't why Doctor Atomic has attracted intense interest among historians, scientists, and opera fans.] The development of the first atomic bomb is the great tragic epic of the 20th century, an operatic story, ... The emotional power of music can extract the richness of this almost mythological narrative, the Wagnerian mystery. - Richard Rhodes Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=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&author=ICBSaWNoYXJkIFJob2RlcyAgICA=&num=2 "[Of course, nobody is expecting original scholarship onstage. That isn't why Doctor Atomic has attracted intense interest among historians, scientists, and opera fans.] The development of the first atomic bomb is the great tragic epic of the 20th century, an operatic story, ... The emotional power of music can extract the richness of this almost mythological narrative, the Wagnerian mystery. - Richard Rhodes Quotes")
