I thought of this as well, and I also thought that this is not a good criticism, because this introduction explicitly poses the question of what those Szilards and Arrheniuses did right, and what others did wrong. It is implicit, though not obvious, that such questions may result in the answer, “They did nothing better than anyone else; but they were lucky,” though I do not actually suspect this to be the case. Perhaps it could be made explicit.
I thought of this as well, and I also thought that this is not a good criticism, because this introduction explicitly poses the question of what those Szilards and Arrheniuses did right, and what others did wrong. It is implicit, though not obvious, that such questions may result in the answer, “They did nothing better than anyone else; but they were lucky,” though I do not actually suspect this to be the case. Perhaps it could be made explicit.