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John Wheeler’s H-bomb blues: Physics Today: Vol 72, No 12

https://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/PT.3.4364

In 1953, as a political battle raged over the US’s nuclear future, the eminent physicist lost a classified document, about the hydrogen bomb, on an overnight train from Philadelphia to Washington, DC.

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The Strange Tale Of The Norden Bombsight

https://www.ted.com/talks/malcolm_gladwell_the_strange_tale_of_the_norden_bombsight 

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Maze Of Tunnels Revealing Ancient Jerusalem

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/2019/11/jerusalems-massive-digs-reveal-new-treasures-and-stoke-ancient-conflicts-feature/

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Ketchup Conundrum

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2004/09/06/the-ketchup-conundrum 

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The Unheard Story Of David And Goliath

https://www.ted.com/talks/malcolm_gladwell_the_unheard_story_of_david_and_goliath  

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Howard Moskowitz: Choice, Happiness, and Spaghetti Sauce

  • https://www.ted.com/talks/malcolm_gladwell_choice_happiness_and_spaghetti_sauce/transcript
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Pianist prepared for the wrong concerto - nails it anyway

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Fine Dining (And Other Fine Things!)

https://paw.princeton.edu/article/adventures-fine-hall 

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Fourth Spy Unearthed in U.S. Atomic Bomb Project

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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/23/science/manhattan-project-atomic-spy.html  
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If we treated teachers like pro athletes

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