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David Lawrence Hill (November 11, 1919 – December 14, 2008) was an American nuclear physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project in World War II and was head of the Federation of American Scientists. He is best known for his 1959 testimony against the nomination of Lewis Strauss as United States Secretary of Commerce. Early life Hill was born in Booneville, Mississippi. World War II After graduating from the California Institute of Technology in 1942, he joined Enrico Fermi's team at the Metallurgical Laboratory in Chicago, where he remained for the duration of the war. He was one of the team of scientists who built the Chicago Pile, the world's first artificial nuclear reactor. In 1945 he was one of 70 scientists to sign the Szilárd petition asking President Truman to warn the Japanese before the usage of the atomic bomb. Post-war career After the war, he received his Ph.D. in nuclear physics from Princeton University in 1951. His doctoral advisor was John Archibald Wheeler. He was an assistant professor at Vanderbilt University and then from 1954 to 1958 worked as a theoretical physicist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. In 1953, Hill, a chairman for the Federation of American Scientists, criticized a speech by Lewis Strauss that defended his opposition to the shipping of radioisotopes to Norway in 1949. In 1959, he testified before the Commerce Committee of the United States Senate to oppose President Eisenhower's nomination of Lewis Strauss as Secretary of Commerce, saying that "most of the scientists in this country would prefer to see Mr. Strauss completely out of the Government". Hill accused Strauss of a lack of integrity, an obsessive quest for personal approval, persistent arrogance, and personal vindictiveness. Among issues cited were Strauss's aforementioned opposition to the shipping of radioisotopes in 1949 and his role in the security hearing that removed Robert Oppenheimer's security clearance. The Senate voted down Strauss's nomination. Later years Hill spent the later part of his career working in the private sector, founding research and development companies including Nanosecond Systems Inc., a manufacturer of high-precision measuring equipment, and serving as president of Harbor Research Corp., a patent enforcement and investment company. Personal life Hill married Mary Shadow on December 31, 1950, with whom he had seven children. He died on December 14, 2008, at the age of 89 in Brighton, New York. In media Hill was portrayed by Rami Malek in the 2023 Christopher Nolan film Oppenheimer. References Works cited Cornwell, Ilene (1989). Biographical Directory of the Tennessee General Assembly Volume IV: 1931-1951. Tennessee Historical Commission. ISBN 0874020085.. Discover the David Hill popular books. Find the top 100 most popular David Hill books.
Best Seller David Hill Books of 2024
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The Loop
Jeremy Robert JohnsonThe year’s most brutal, cinematic thrill ride is also one of its most critically acclaimed novels. Dazed and Confused meets 28 Days Later in this “wickedly entertaining,” (Kirkus R...
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Oranges and Sunshine
Margaret HumphreysAlso published as Empty Cradles.In 1986 Margaret Humphreys, a Nottingham social worker, investigated a woman's claim that, aged four, she had been put on a boat to Australia by the...
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Conspicuous Consumption
Thorstein VeblenWith its wry portrayal of a shallow, materialistic 'leisure class' obsessed by clothes, cars, consumer goods and climbing the social ladder, this withering satire on modern capital...
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On Sudden Hill
Linda Sarah & Benji DaviesBirt and Etho are best friends, they play on Sudden Hill, making marvellous contraptions out of cardboard boxes. But then a new boy, Shu, wants to join in too. Birt isn't sure that...
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Building the Yellow Wall
Uli HesseWINNER OF THE TELEGRAPH FOOTBALL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019Towards the beginning of the twentyfirst century, Borussia Dortmund were on the verge of going out of business. Now they are a...
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The Fever of 1721
Stephen CossThe “intelligent and sweeping” (Booklist) story of the crucial year that prefigured the events of the American Revolution in 1776and how Boston’s smallpox epidemic was at the cente...
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The Sunday Lunch Club
Juliet Ashton‘A warming testament to the elasticity and enduring love of true family bonds. I adored this book' Penny Parkes'Fresh, funny and utterly fabulous, it’s the perfect holiday rea...
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Straight Outta Crawley
Romesh RanganathanTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERStraight Outta Crawley is the hilarious and irreverent autobiography from comedian Romesh Ranganathan.'Very, very funny. I can't recommend it highly enou...
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Ruthless
Ron Miscavige & Dan KoonNow a #1 New York Times bestseller"Compulsively readable..." LA Weekly“Excoriating memoir" Publisher's Weekly“A sad and painful but bravely told story.” Kirkus ReviewsThe only book...
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The African Samurai
Craig ShreveSet in late 16thcentury Africa, India, Portugal, and Japan, The African Samurai is a powerful historical novel based on the true story of Yasuke, Japan’s first foreignborn samurai ...
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The Magic of Thinking Big
David J. SchwartzThe timeless and practical advice in The Magic of Thinking Big clearly demonstrates how you can: Sell moreManage betterLead fearlesslyEarn moreEnjoy a happier, more fulfilling life...
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The Battle of Jericho Hill
Stephen KingEnter once more the world of Roland Deschainand the world of the Dark Tower...now presented in a stunning graphic novel form that will unlock the doorways to terrifying secrets and...
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The Secret History
Procopius, Peter Sarris & G. WilliamsonA trusted member of the Byzantine establishment, Procopius was the Empire's official chronicler, and his History of the Wars of Justinian proclaimed the strength and wisdom of the ...
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Andrew Carnegie
Dr James MackayAndrew Carnegie (1835–1922) was a mass of contradictions: a radical Chartist who became a rabid capitalist, an idealist who was also a profound cynic, a committed pacifist who also...
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Reluctant Genius
Charlotte GrayThe popular image of Alexander Graham Bell is that of an elderly American patriarch, memorable only for his paunch, his Santa Claus beard, and the invention of the telephone. In th...
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Tuscan Daughter
Lisa RochonNATIONAL BESTSELLER In Renaissance Florence, a young artist searching for her missing mother is discovered by archrivals Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci In Tuscany du...
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Ventoux
Jeremy Whittle‘They’re all scared. Everybody’s afraid’ – Eddy Merckx ‘Nothing compares to the Ventoux’ – Lance Armstrong 'Heartstirring and jawdropping in equal measure' – Tim Moore 'A really ex...
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Best. Movie. Year. Ever.
Brian RafteryFrom a veteran culture writer and modern movie expert, a celebration and analysis of the movies of 1999“a terrifically fun snapshot of American film culture on the brink of the Mil...
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A Good Bad Boy
Margaret WapplerAn artful and contemplative tribute to the late actor famed for his role as Dylan McKay in Beverly Hills, 90210.Best known for playing loner rebel Dylan McKay in Beverly Hills 9021...
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Good Hunting
Theodore RooseveltWritten in the late nineteenth century and first published in Harper’s Round Table magazine in 1896, this collection of articles details turnofthecentury America’s rugged wildernes...
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A Killing at Cotton Hill
Terry ShamesThe chief of police of Jarrett Creek, Texas, doubles as the town drunk. So when Dora Lee Parjeter is murdered, her old friend and former police chief Samuel Craddock steps in. He d...
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Trousdale Estates
Steven M. PriceFilled with beautiful, vivid photographs, Trousdale is the definitive history of the architecture and design that defined both Beverly Hills and the ultimate American Dream.Trousda...
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Found Her
NJ MackayThe most gripping, emotional and redemptive psychological thriller of 2021 for fans of Erin Kinsley, Lisa Jewell, Louise Jensen, Phoebe Morgan, CL Taylor, Cara Hunter and KL Slate...
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The Killings at Kingfisher Hill
Sophie HannahNamed a New York Times Best Book to GiveThe world’s greatest detective, Hercule Poirotlegendary star of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nilereturns ...
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More
Hakan Günday & Zeynep BelerThe awardwinning More, by one of Turkey’s leading underground writers, is the world’s first novel about the refugee crisis.“The illegals climbed into the truck, and, after a journe...
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Little Heaven
Nick CutterA “gripping and terrifying story…and one not to be missed” (Robert McCammon) from the acclaimed author of The Troop and The Deep!A trio of mismatched mercenariesMicah Shughrue, Min...
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A Billion Years
Mike RinderOne of the highestranking defectors from Scientology exposes the secret inner workings of the powerful organization in this remarkable memoir that is “not only a cautionary tale bu...
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Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery
Theodore RooseveltTeddy Roosevelt is the only president in history to deliver a ninetyminute speech directly after being shot in the chest. He’s a Nobel Prize recipient, a Harvard graduate, and he w...
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Amish Christmas Romance Collection
Linda BylerBestselling Amish novelist Linda Byler’s three heartwarming Christmas romancesin one affordable volume!Linda Byler is beloved for her skillful story telling and truetolife descript...
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The Rodchenkov Affair
Grigory RodchenkovWinner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year, 2020 the inside story of the Russian doping programme by the man behind it allOne of the Financial Times's 'Fifty people who sh...
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Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know
Colm TóibínFrom Colm Tóibín, the formidable awardwinning author of The Master and Brooklyn, an illuminating, intimate study of Irish culture, history, and literature told through the lives an...
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The Journey Through Wales and the Description of Wales
Gerald Of Wales, Betty Radice & Lewis ThorpeScholar, churchman, diplomat and theologian, Gerald of Wales was one of the most fascinating figures of the Middle Ages and The Journey Through Wales describes his eventful tour of...
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Sevens Heaven
Ben RyanSHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018The uplifting, feelgood autobiography of Ben Ryan, the coach of the Olympic goldmedal winning Fijian rugby team It is ...
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Alfred the Great
Asser, Simon Keynes & Michael LapidgeAsser's Life of King Alfred, written in 893, is a revealing account of one of the greatest of medieval kings. Composed by a monk of St David's in Wales who became Bishop of Sherbor...
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Fangio
Gerald DonaldsonJuan Manuel Fangio's name is indelibly inscribed in the record books and many consider him to be the greatest driver in history. It was 46 years before his record of five World Cha...
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Flight or Fright
Stephen King#1 New York Times bestselling author and master of horror Stephen King teams up with Bev Vincent of Cemetery Dance to present a terrifying collection of sixteen short stories (and ...
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How Cav Won the Green Jersey
Ned BoultingThis is not a 100,000word, minutebyminute, blowbyblow account of the 2011 Tour de France.This is not the story of Cadel Evans.This is not the story of Alberto Contador, Andy Schlec...
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Rocket Men
Ron Haslam & Leon Haslam'Rocket' Ron Haslam started racing on the professional circuit in 1972 at the age of 15 and developed into one of the finest, and fastest, racers the UK has ever seen. Winner of th...
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Stagecoach
Max BrandUnlikely hero Sammy Gregg has never met a challenge he won’t face head on, but he hasn’t met outlaw Chester Furness!Born in Brooklyn, Sammy Gregg is small in stature and naive to t...
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Jack The Ripper and the East End
Various Artists & Alex WernerIn 1888, Whitechapel at the heart of the inner East End was the most (in)famous place in the country, widely imagined as a site of the blackest and deepest horror. Its streets an...
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Footnotes
Peter FiennesThrough past and present, the country and the city, Peter Fiennes takes a literary journey through the British Isles‘As enjoyable a guide to the relationship of writers to the land...