Fascinating well written post. I didn't know this was today anniversary.
It must have been so hard as scientist seeing the destruction caused by your own work. Einstein railed against it. I think Feynman was on one of the planes that dropped the bomb in Japan. I think we are very much desensisized to this level of distraction nowerdays with the Middle East wars.

Umm don't understand what any of the comments below have to do with this post?!