An early effort to make a film about the bomb

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1 The text of the petition and the names of the individual scientists who signed it can be viewed at <http://www.dannen.com/decision/oakridge2.html>.

2 Both the trailer and introduction to the film The Beginning or the End can be viewed on YouTube.

3 John Hersey, “Hiroshima,” New Yorker, August 23, 1946, <https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1946/08/31/hiroshima>.

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Jamie Withorne

Jamie Withorne is a graduate affiliate and research assistant with the Oslo Nuclear Project at the University of Oslo, where she is pursuing her MPhil in peace and conflict studies. Her work focuses on nonproliferation, verification, and open-source analysis. She is also an International Atomic Energy Agency Marie Sklodowska-Curie fellow. She previously worked as a research assistant at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies in Washington, DC. She has interned at several nuclear-policy organizations, including the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, and the US Department of State's Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance. She received her BA in political science from Columbia University.