Monday, April 19, 2021

Astonishing 1940 Heinlein Story

While some of the details of a nuclear reactor are wrong, many are right and the process of a chain reaction leading to a fission bomb are right.  In 1940

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  1. The Atlanta Radio Theatre Co. did a rather nice audio adaptation of Heinlein's story. I agree: It was a prescient piece, not only for predicting the 'balance of terror,' but also for forecasting the effect being the greatest superpower in the world would have on American government and culture.

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