Best Of: Meet the Physicist who Spoke Out Against the Bomb She Helped Create

Best Of: Meet the Physicist who Spoke Out Against the Bomb She Helped Create

Released Thursday, 14th March 2024
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Best Of: Meet the Physicist who Spoke Out Against the Bomb She Helped Create

Best Of: Meet the Physicist who Spoke Out Against the Bomb She Helped Create

Best Of: Meet the Physicist who Spoke Out Against the Bomb She Helped Create

Best Of: Meet the Physicist who Spoke Out Against the Bomb She Helped Create

Thursday, 14th March 2024
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Katharine “Kay” Way was a nuclear physicist who worked at multiple Manhattan Project sites. She was an expert in radioactive decay. But after the atomic bombs were dropped on Japan, she became increasingly concerned about the ethics of nuclear weapons. Dr. Way signed the Szilard Petition and worked to spread awareness of the moral responsibility surrounding atomic weaponry, including co-editing the influential One World or None: a Report to the Public on the Full Meaning of the Atomic Bomb, remaining an outspoken advocate for fairness and justice.

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