To the editor: Having simply seen the film “Oppenheimer,” I used to be stunned to learn the op-ed piece within the Aug. 3 Occasions. The film is a few troubled genius who labored on growing an atomic bomb as quickly as doable, figuring out that Hitler had scientists in Germany advancing towards the identical aim. Oppenheimer and the scientists he gathered at Los Alamos succeeded of their aim and the bomb did result in an finish to the Japanese theater of World Warfare II.
The film was clear about Oppenheimer, the person, struggling some guilt concerning the energy he had unleashed. However under no circumstances does the film “breed fatalism,” the cost made by Wilson.
Joyce Mason, Fullerton
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To the editor: Ward Hayes Wilson’s article was fascinating, however it neglected one necessary issue: nuclear winter.
Nuclear conflict would burn cities producing huge quantities of smoke. That smoke would rise into the higher environment and final for years, making it chilly and darkish at Earth’s floor. Our work reveals {that a} U.S.-Russia nuclear conflict might result in famine for greater than 5 billion individuals, many within the Southern Hemisphere. Despite the fact that there aren’t any nuclear weapons there and possibly few targets, they may undergo from famine if nuclear weapons are used. This motivated 122 nations to enact a UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in 2017 to demand that the 9 nuclear states hand over their nuclear weapons.
Oppenheimer didn’t learn about nuclear winter, however now that we do, this must inspire us to demand the tip of nuclear weapons.
Alan Robock, Manasquan, N.J.
The author is a professor at Rutgers College.
