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How nuclear information has been hidden – and brought to light

18 Sep 2021 Margaret Harris
Taken from the September 2021 issue of Physics World where it first appeared under the headline "Keeping nuclear secrets".

Margaret Harris reviews Restricted Data: the History of Nuclear Secrecy in the United States by Alex Wellerstein

Los Alamos main entrance
Closed doors Many Manhattan Project physicists who worked on the creation of the first atomic bomb at Los Alamos viewed the secrecy surrounding the project as contrary to scientific ideals. (Courtesy: iStock/Jeff Black)
Few events in history – and even fewer in the history of physics – have generated as much counte

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