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I don’t mind the assistants watching some film together or having little sidebar discussions about what they’re seeing. But the truth is, I really want each of them to watch the film independently because I want their unbiased opinions. I don’t want five assistants to come into the room with the same idea because they arrived at it under the influence of the group. If they arrive at the same conclusions independently, great.

Swing Your Sword

Mike Leach, Bruce Feldman, Michael Lewis, and Peter Berg

If a chain reaction would work in graphite and uranium, Szilard assumed, then a bomb was probable. And if he had managed these conclusions, he further assumed, then so had his counterparts in Nazi Germany. He sought out Pegram in those early July days and tried to convince him of the urgent need for a large-scale experiment to settle the question. The dean resisted the assault: “He took the position that even though the matter appeared to be rather urgent, this being summer and Fermi being away there was really nothing that usefully could be done until the fall.”

Making of the Atomic Bomb

Richard Rhodes

The combination of very low nominal capital requirements and five-year averaging meant that the fastest growing control frauds could grow by roughly $1 billion for every additional $1 million of “capital” they could report. This thousand-to-one leverage opportunity was one of keys to the astonishing growth that made the control frauds ideal vehicles for Ponzi schemes and imposed horrific damages on taxpayers. Every $1 million in fraudulent accounting income could put the taxpayers at risk by an additional $1 billion.

The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One

William K. Black

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