Constant emphasis on propaganda thus carries the prideful risk of regarding other people as more gullible than ... THE ATOMIC AGE: Self-inflicted Wound. 4 ...

ATOMIC AGE: After Long Illness. 2 minute read. ... This attitude was necessary for the sake of Moscow’s propaganda claims that the West, not Russia, had sabotaged international agreement.

The Atomic Age of the 1950s and beyond was, and to some extent still is, a period fraught with fear and uncertainty. As ...

The story of the birth and growth of nuclear science is rebalanced in Destroyer of Worlds, which gives due prominence to the role of women ...

Einstein never worked directly on developing the world’s first atomic bomb for the United States, but its shadow loomed over ...

The Trinity Test, which occurred on July 16, 1945, proved the efficacy of the nuclear bomb and ushered in the Atomic Age. There were concerns, however, about hiding the test and its potential ...

During the early 1950s America went bonkers over the budding atomic age. The growth of Las Vegas, for example, was partially due to a new bomb-testing site situated 65 miles northwest of the ...

After World War II, atomic age design picked up where Streamline Moderne left off, according to Alessandra Wood, PhD, design historian and author of Designed to Sell: The Evolution of Modern ...

Atomic tourism is nearly as old as the nuclear age, and some of its favorite vintage haunts are still open. In the 1950s, Las Vegas casinos held “Miss Atomic Bomb” pageants and hosted ...