So why not the atomic bomb? Nazi Germany ... They had also developed a nuclear reactor design that almost, but not quite, achieved a controlled and sustained nuclear fission chain reaction.

It was work for which he would receive a Nobel Prize in 1967. Following the summer at Berkeley spent on the atomic bomb design, Bethe was recruited by Oppenheimer to head the theoretical division ...

After the first atomic bomb explosion (seen here from 10,000 yards away, in a time series from .006 seconds to .081 seconds after detonation), Oppenheimer recalled, "a few people laughed ...

According to several of the sources, German forces placed many concentration camp prisoners at the test site as human guinea ...

The Atomic Bomb Dome, also known as the Genbaku Dome ... participating in a silent homage to those who lost their lives. The open design invites reflection, encouraging us to consider the ...

I now live in Sydney, but I was born and brought up in Hiroshima. When the bomb exploded on the morning of August 6 1945, I was a 13-year-old schoolgirl. I lived 1.7 kilometres away from where the ...