J. Robert Oppenheimer: Memorandum on the Radiological Dangers of a Nuclear Detonation - Milestone Documents

J. Robert Oppenheimer: Memorandum on the Radiological Dangers of a Nuclear Detonation

( 1945 ) Commentary by Bradley A. Skeen, Ph.D.

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curies units of measurement for radioactive material, with one curie equal to the radioactive decay of 37 billion atoms per second; named after French physicist Marie Curie
special bomb the phrase used by its developers to refer to the atomic bomb

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Panoramic view of Hiroshima after the atomic bomb drop (Library of Congress)

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