Byline: Stefano Furlan
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The Discovery of Fission and Katharine Way, “Dear to the Community of Nuclear Physicists”
Tell me where all times past are. – John Donne 1. Introduction: a missed epoch-making discovery? As the century that saw the dawn of the nuclear age was drawing to a close, John A. Wheeler (1911-2008), approaching his ninetieth year, committed the memories of his long life and career to an autobiographical volume. An eminent…