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Richard A. Muller

This person was a physics professor at the University of California, Berkeley. After retirement, he has continued to write, teach, and perform research.

Luis Alveraz

This person was an influential American physicist. He took part in the Manhattan Project and designed the electronics for the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki. He won a Nobel Prize in physics for his work in elementary particle physics.

Mohamed Atta

This person was one of the leaders of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. He was able to board a commercial plane without arousing suspicion. He had shown interest in buying and flying crop dusters.

Richard Reid

This person was the al-Qaeda operative who tried to blow up a plane with a shoe bomb in 2001.

Harry Truman

This person was president of the United States at the end of World War II. He oversaw the first and only deployment of nuclear bombs.

Enrico Fermi

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