Philosophy
Yuliy Khariton, director of the Soviet A-bomb project from its inception in 1945 through 1992, sitting next to RDS-1, the first Soviet atomic bomb. Internally, it was an exact copy of the American Fat Man.
A slide show presentation from The New York Times.
"Nuclear Secrets Spread Around the Globe"
And this slide show from The New Yorker.
Secrets of the Bomb
Just a reminder...July 16th, 1945
Little Boy and Fat Man--an anniversary
- Deceased--john R. Huizenga
John R. Huizenga April 21st, 1921 to January 25th, 2014 "John R. Huizenga, Physicist at Fore of Nuclear Era, Dies at 92" by William J. Broad January 29th, 2014 The New York Times John R. Huizenga, a physicist who helped build the world’s first atom...
- Deceased--nathan Safferstein
Nathan Safferstein 1921 to March 5th. 2013 "Manhattan Project agent Safferstein dies at 92" March 7th, 2013 seattlepi.com Nathan Safferstein was barely 21 when circumstances suddenly propelled him from his job as a supermarket manager into the...
- Deceased--morris 'dick' Jeppson
Morris 'Dick' Jeppson June 23rd, 1922 to March 30th, 2010 "Morris 'Dick' Jeppson dies at 87; weapons specialist armed the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima" On Aug. 6, 1945, Jeppson and another man armed the bomb called 'Little Boy'...
- Wrong Place; Wrong Time--twice
Tsutomu Yamaguchi Remarkable! "Man survived both atomic bombings" March 25th, 2009 BBC Japan has certified a man aged 93 as the only known survivor of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, both hit by atomic bombs towards the end of World War II. Tsutomu Yamaguchi...
- Just A Reminder...july 16th, 1945
Operation Upshot-Knothole, conducted at the Nevada Proving Ground between March 17 and June 4, 1953, consisted of 11 atmospheric tests: three airdrops, seven tower tests and one airburst. Upshot-Knothole involved the testing of new theories, using both...
Philosophy
"Nuclear Secrets Spread Around the Globe"--slide show
Yuliy Khariton, director of the Soviet A-bomb project from its inception in 1945 through 1992, sitting next to RDS-1, the first Soviet atomic bomb. Internally, it was an exact copy of the American Fat Man.A slide show presentation from The New York Times.
"Nuclear Secrets Spread Around the Globe"
And this slide show from The New Yorker.
Little Boy sitting on its wheeled transport carriage in the Tinian loading pit under the Enola Gay on August 5, 1945, the day before it was dropped on Hiroshima.
Secrets of the Bomb
Just a reminder...July 16th, 1945
Little Boy and Fat Man--an anniversary
- Deceased--john R. Huizenga
John R. Huizenga April 21st, 1921 to January 25th, 2014 "John R. Huizenga, Physicist at Fore of Nuclear Era, Dies at 92" by William J. Broad January 29th, 2014 The New York Times John R. Huizenga, a physicist who helped build the world’s first atom...
- Deceased--nathan Safferstein
Nathan Safferstein 1921 to March 5th. 2013 "Manhattan Project agent Safferstein dies at 92" March 7th, 2013 seattlepi.com Nathan Safferstein was barely 21 when circumstances suddenly propelled him from his job as a supermarket manager into the...
- Deceased--morris 'dick' Jeppson
Morris 'Dick' Jeppson June 23rd, 1922 to March 30th, 2010 "Morris 'Dick' Jeppson dies at 87; weapons specialist armed the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima" On Aug. 6, 1945, Jeppson and another man armed the bomb called 'Little Boy'...
- Wrong Place; Wrong Time--twice
Tsutomu Yamaguchi Remarkable! "Man survived both atomic bombings" March 25th, 2009 BBC Japan has certified a man aged 93 as the only known survivor of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, both hit by atomic bombs towards the end of World War II. Tsutomu Yamaguchi...
- Just A Reminder...july 16th, 1945
Operation Upshot-Knothole, conducted at the Nevada Proving Ground between March 17 and June 4, 1953, consisted of 11 atmospheric tests: three airdrops, seven tower tests and one airburst. Upshot-Knothole involved the testing of new theories, using both...