
at the Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, August 2-30, 1995
Todd's page welcomes you to the world of all things atomic. Topics include: General Nuclear Energy Information, Nuclear Computing Resources, Nuclear Weapons Information, Nuclear Engineering Departments, Government Labs and Departments of Interest, Technical Radiation Impact Information, Equal Opportunity Space for Dissenting Opinions, Periodic Tables, Scholarly Texts, and Personal Testimonies. "The world that we have made as a result of the level of thinking that we have done so far, has created problems we cannot solve at the level of thinking at which we created them."
-- Albert Einstein
Quicktime Movie of a detonation at Trinity Site
This b&w Mac/Quicktime movie is a clip from
an original newsreel, with original voiceover,
of a detonation. (
) PROGRAM/trinity.mov
This site contains: The Guided Tour, a trail through the World Wide Web, visiting places which have information related to the atomic bomb. It juxtaposes geographical and cultural opposites, crosses boundaries between perpetrators and victims. It investigates the events which have lead to the use of the atomic bomb, and makes the far-reaching and complex long-term effects visible. The Research Database investigates how the theme of the atomic bomb has been dealt with in literature, film and the arts.
Audio clip of President Harry Truman
announcing the dropping of the atomic
bomb on Hiroshima.
AIFF audio file, 30 seconds, 612k,
self-extracting archive, binhexed for Mac.
Enola Gay Controversy. This resource traces the history of the Enola Gay, first airplane to drop an atomic bomb in an act of war, up to and including the national controversy that erupted over the
Smithsonian Museum's planned exhibition around the plane.
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The High Energy Weapons Archive
"The purpose of this archive is to disspell
some of the misconceptions and misunderstandings
about the physics and effects of high energy
explosive devices, and hopefully encourage public
discussion about these matters"
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Leo Szilard. A series of documents related to Szilard's internal protests about the bomb. He was a physicist associated with the Manhattan Project.
Also rich in other official documentation of the decision to use the bomb, plus the transcript of an FBI interview with Albert Einstein about Szliard.
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. "America's national laboratory system started here when Ernest Orlando Lawrence founded this laboratory in 1931. Lawrence invented the cyclotron, which led to a Golden Age of particle physics and revolutionary discoveries about the nature of the universe. Known as a mecca of particle physics, the Lab long ago broadened its focus. ... Today, we are a multiprogram lab where research in advanced materials, biosciences, energy efficiency, detectors and accelerators focuses on the national needs in technology and the environment."
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The Radiation Effects Research Foundation "..is a binational organization dedicated to the discovery, application, and dissemination of knowledge about health effects in the survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki."
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Los Alamos National Laboratory. "The Los Alamos National Laboratory is dedicated to developing world-class science and technology and applying them to the nation's security and well-being. The Laboratory will continue its special role in defense, particularly in nuclear weapons technology, and will increasingly use its multidisciplinary capabilities to solve important civilian problems." -LANL Mission statement
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GreenPeace Nuclear Campaign. "Greenpeace was conceived in 1971 in Vancouver, Canada, with the purpose of creating a green and peaceful world. Greenpeace today still adheres to the same principles: to 'bear witness' by drawing attention to an abuse of the environment through their unwavering presence at the scene, whatever the risk, to non-violence and to independence."

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