# nuclear
Oppenheimer: What We Realized The Movie Leaves Out
Christopher Nolan’s film Oppenheimer (2023) had a formidable rival during the summer blockbuster season. The quiet story of J Robert Oppenheimer’s team developing the atomic bomb, his ‘after the fact’ horror of its…
Most People Picture History Wrong, These Facts Will Set them Straight
Common knowledge and conventional wisdom about much of history are often woefully lacking in actual knowledge and wisdom. For example,…
FRACTURE JAW: The Plan to Nuke North Vietnam
1968 was a bad year for the American war effort in Vietnam, and for general William Westmoreland, the overall US…
This Amazing Woman Volunteered For Free and Won the Nobel Prize in Physics
Maria Goeppert Mayer never thought she would win the Noble Prize for her research in Physics. First of all, the…
History’s Failed Military Weapons
As with all inventions, new weapons ideas and designs are thought up and proposed all the time. And as with…
During the Cold War, Americans Planted Atomic Gardens to Create Mutated Food
From the devastating impact of nuclear warfare to the generation of cheap, reliable electricity and lifesaving medical technology, most are…
These 5 Technologies Dramatically Changed the 20th Century
The 20th Century was a time of great advancement in a variety of technological fields. Just about every aspect of…