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The Nerds Who Won World War II

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In 1943 the war looked unwinnable for the Allies. Marc Wortman on historian Paul Kennedy’s story of how unsung innovators turned the tide.

“A sniper shooting at you is not science,” a scientist acquaintance who fought for Israel in several wars once said to me. He was, however, a mine remover, à la The Hurt Locker.

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