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I have been reading "Atomic Adventures – Secret Islands, Forgotten N–Rays, and Isotopic Murder: A Journey into the Wild World of Nuclear Science" by James Mahaffey. In this book, he makes a comparison between Ronald Richter and Edward Teller. Both "sold" their outlandish ideas to their respective political heads - Richter to Argentinian president Peron, and Teller to Regan. I am wondering, whether this fact could be included here. It might be bordering on original research. It is however backed up by one book. Kindly advise. Thanks. Neotaruntius (talk) 04:21, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
This article has several issues that threaten its Featured Article status, and should be pretty clear when compared to other physicist FAs like J. Robert Oppenheimer. Some issues include:
A lead that is unbalanced and gives undue weight to certain aspects of his work, like the "Alarm Clock model bomb".
A sometime excessive reliance on quotes, as in the 'Decision to drop the bombs' subsection.
Sources that simply aren't FA quality, like Collider of DailyTech.
The sequence and division subsections seems a little sporadic. For instance, his "volatile personality" is highlighted in the lead. There could be a 'Personality' section (like on John Ford's article]]) that might more cohesively integrate material like the Fonda heart attack allegation in the "Three Mile Island" section. Further, could all of the nuclear research be under a single section? And so on.
The prose is often lacking and summary style is needed in some parts.
level-4 vital article is rated FA-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
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