Collection of correspondence sent to and from David Marcus regarding the bombing of Nagasaki: 1971-1982.

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Collection of correspondence sent to and from David Marcus regarding the bombing of Nagasaki: 1971-1982.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17190849

In 1971 Marcus wrote to physicist Edward Teller regarding his role in the decision to bomb Nagasaki. Teller's response is here included, as well as letters by scientists and others who describe their understanding of why the bomb was dropped on Nagasaki after Hiroshima. Correspondents include: Emilio Segre, Isidore Rabi, Vannevar Bush, Luis Alvarez, Ralph Lapp, Hitoshi Matoshima (Mayor of Nagasaki 1982) and George Kistiakowsky (head of explosives at Los Alamos). Contains April 3, 1944 issue of Time Magazine with Vannevar Bush on cover, and a copy of Luis Alvarez's paper "Adventures in Nuclear Physics," signed by him.

8 letters, plus clippings and magazine articles.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6917911

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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