Atomic Doctors

Physicians were essential to the Manhattan Project, keeping participants and Americans near test sites safe from radiation. But they also downplayed the risks when military exigency demanded. James Nolan tells the story of these conflicted healers, who used their medical authority to enable the most lethal form of warfare humanity has yet devised.

Medicii au fost esentiali pentru proiectul Manhattan, mentinand participantii si americanii in apropierea locurilor de testare in siguranta impotriva radiatiilor. Dar au minimizat riscurile atunci cand exigenta militara a cerut-o.