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'The greatest unknown was how much energy would be released by the weapon': How scientists prepared for the Trinity nuclear test

In this excerpt from "Trinity: An Illustrated History of the World’s First Atomic Test," author Emily Seyl looks at the buildup to the 1945 test that changed history. She explores the huge effort to design experiments that would ultimately establish whether the gargantuan explosion in the middle of the desert was a success.

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