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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
Steve Hosea burned into my mind that the most important part of the medical history isn’t the medical history. It’s the social history.” Charity had taken away other lessons from Dr. Hosea. The simplest explanation is usually the best. If the patient turns up with two separate symptoms—say, a fever and a rash—the cause is more likely than not a single underlying disease. If there is the faintest possibility of a catastrophic disease, you should treat it as being a lot more likely than it seems. If your differential diagnosis leads to a list of ten possibilities, for instance, and the tenth and least likely thing on the list is Ebola, you should treat the patient as if she has Ebola, because the consequences of not doing so can be calamitous. When something doesn’t quite seem right about your diagnosis, respect the feeling, even if you can’t quite put your finger on why the diagnosis might be wrong. A lot of people had died because doctors had allowed their minds to come to rest before they should. A doctor needed to be a detective for the patient: that was Dr. Hosea’s big message.
The Premonition
Michael Lewis
Here is a wonderful fact: your body adapts to the position that you assume for most of the day. So, if you sit and allow your back to round forward (flexion) or arch backward (overextension), your tissues and joints will form a sort of cast around that posture, making it difficult for you to get into better positions later.
Deskbound
Kelly Starrett, Juliet Starrett, and Glen Cordoza
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