It’s also worth remembering that the existence of nuclear fission was only discovered in 1938. Getting some of the details wrong in a popular magazine only two

It’s also worth remembering that the existence of nuclear fission was only discovered in 1938. Getting some of the details wrong in a popular magazine only two years after the phenomenon was discovered doesn’t seem too bad at all. Fission went from initial discovery to wrecking cities in only seven years. It’s like if Ben Franklin started out flying a kite in a thunderstorm and ended up creating a smartphone.