The Firecracker Boys

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1. mistrial9Oct 2026
   I read Firecracker Boys and had lunch with the author! recommended
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2. trimboJul 2022
   One of Plowshare's proponents was Edward Teller. Teller designed the bomb that was tested as Castle Bravo. Castle Bravo's yield was far above expected and was a fallout disaster that was known at the time[1].

   Castle Bravo was in 1954. He began to push for for Plowshare in the late 50s. Here he is in 1965 advocating for it.[2]

   Read "The Firecracker Boys" if you are interested in a lot more detail.[3]

   [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_Bravo#High_levels_of_fa...

   [2] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oa-IqOHDr_k

   [3] - https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Firecracker_Boys.ht...

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3. jbrnhSep 2021
   "The Firecracker Boys: H-Bombs, Inupiat Eskimos, and the Roots of the Environmental Movement" by Dan O'Neill is highly recommended.
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4. sjacksoJul 2020
   For a more in-depth look at Project Chariot and the general strangeness that surrounded it, find yourself a copy of The Firecracker Boys: https://www.amazon.com/Firecracker-Boys-Dan-ONeill/dp/046500...
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5. mistrial9Feb 2019
   related reading .. The Firecracker Boys, by Alaskan author Dan O'Neil .. recommended https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_O%27Neill_(writer)
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