Atomic bombRadiation exposureMarriageHiroshimaJapanThis paper examines long-term consequences of one of the most serious catastrophes ever inflicted on humankind: the atomic bombing that occurred in Hiroshima in 1945. While many victims died immediately or within a few years of the bombing, there were...
The Atomic Archive explores the complex history surrounding the invention of the atomic bomb. Follow a timeline that takes you down the path of our nuclear past to the present. Read biographies of A-bomb father Robert Oppenheimer and Enrico Fermi's dispa
aThe time is long past when we can speak of the purity of science, divorced frov its consequences. If any needed revinding that the innocence of scientists was lost long ago, they need only recall the comments of a father of the atomic bomb: he sade:"The physicists have known sin; an...
aThe time is long past when we can speak of the purity of science, divorced from its consequences. If any needed reminding that the innocence of scientists was lost long ago, they need only recall the comments of a father of the atomic bomb: he said:"The physicists have known sin; and...
Causes of Second World War(1939-1945) (1) Humiliation by the Treaty of Versailles (2) Growth of Fascism and Nazism (3) Rise of Japan (4) Neglect of minority interests (5) Military Alliance (6) Germany’s attack on Czechoslovakia
Even if secret, the work of the Manhattan Project was highly directed and deliberate; the development of the atomic bomb was no accident. One would hope the United States could dedicate the same scientific willpower and devote the same resources to tackling the greatest scientific dilemma of our...
an invasion of the Japanese archipelago imminent, the possibility of additional atomic bombings, and the Soviet Union's declaration of war on Japan and invasion of Manchuria, Japan surrendered on 15 August 1945. Thus ended the war in Asia, cementing the total victory of the…show more content...
An increased risk of thyroid cancer has also been reported in survivors of the atomic bombs in Japan, as well as in Marshall Island residents exposed to radiation during the testing of hydrogen bombs. More recently, exposure to radioactive fallout as a result of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor ...
Atomic bombAll disasters have biopsychosocial consequences including short-term and long-term impacts. Reviews of the mental health consequences of atomic bomb survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have revealed that a variety of psychological problems were observed among survivors after the disaster and ...
Long-term health consequences of atomic bomb radiation: RERF Life Span Study Original Rese- arch Article. Int Congress Series 2007;1299:73-80.K. Kodama, F. Kasagi, Y. Shimizu, N. Nishi, M. Soda, A. Suyama, T. Okubo, Long term health consequences of atomic bomb radiation RERF, life ...