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  1. The World Set Free

    H. G. Wells · Discussed · 1 episode

    The World Set Free by H.

    Discussed
    “When H.G. Wells wrote his novel, The World Set Free in 1913, predicting an atomic war that would lead to world government, he had Air Forces delivering atomic bombs, but he forgot to update his planes.”
    Dwarkesh Podcast Richard Rhodes — The making of the atomic bomb 2023-05-23 Listen at 46:49
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Books Richard Rhodes wrote

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Appearances

EpisodePodcastDateBooks
Richard Rhodes — The making of the atomic bombDwarkesh Podcast2023-05-231
Other mentions (2: passing, ad reads, own books)
Passing The Bhagavad Gita
“Oppenheimer wrote pretty good poetry. He was interested in art. He wanted to read the Bhagavad Gita Gita in the original Sanskrit so he learned Sanskrit.”
Dwarkesh Podcast Richard Rhodes — The making of the atomic bomb 2023-05-23 Listen at 1:46:28
Passing The Lord of the Rings
“One ring to bind them all like Lord of the Rings. They thought it would aggrandize national power, but what it did was put a limit to national power.”
Dwarkesh Podcast Richard Rhodes — The making of the atomic bomb 2023-05-23 Listen at 1:50:51