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Editor’s Note: This article contains spoilers for Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer.” This column does not represent the opinion of The Daily Barometer. This column reflects the personal opinions of the writer. As J. Robert Oppenheimer, inventor of the atomic bomb, stepped out of the limelight, chemist Linus Pauling marched into the political arena as a dominant...

In the 50s and 60s, the US dreamed up ways to bring nuclear tech into everyday life — like building dams with bombs or growing radioactive crops.

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This year’s event was headlined by West Linn-based author Omar El Akkad, whose novel “What Strange Paradise” won the Ken Kesey Award for Fiction. Playwright and screenwriter Cynthia Whitcomb was also recognized with a Literary Legacy Award in recognition of her long-term support of Oregon’s literary community.

CORVALLIS, Ore. — Oregon State University history professor and author Jacob Darwin Hamblin has been awarded the 2021 Oregon Book Award in general nonfiction for his book, “The Wretched Atom: America’s Global Gamble with Peaceful Nuclear Technology.” He accepted the award April 25 at Literary Arts’ first in-person ceremony since 2019. “It was very exciting — I did not expect

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