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Ida Noddack’s theories and Lise Meitner’s explanations had resulted in a chain reaction of their own, science colliding with military and industry, splitting into compartmentalized and mobilized units, each moving along its own trajectory, ready to make sand jump in the desert.
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Denise Kiernan (The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II)