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Atomic Central (Popularity:  )
(Score: 21.61)
http://www.vce.com/atomcentral.html
A collection of material on the development and use of the atomic bomb as well as the effects on society of the existence of the bomb. Includes photos, video clips, atomic tests, accidents and links.
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Citizen Kurchatov (Popularity: )
(Score: 20.58)
http://www.pbs.org/opb/citizenk/index.html
A biography of Stalin's enigmatic director of the Soviet project to build the atomic bomb. Details his efforts as head of the project to develop first the atomic bomb and then the hydrogen bomb. Includes documents and links.
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The First Atomic Bomb Attack on Japan (Popularity: )
(Score: 19.99)
http://www.historychannel.com/speeches/ra_archive/speech_300.ram
A recording of Truman's announcement that an atomic bomb had been dropped on Hiroshima. From The History Channel.
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The Race to Build the Atomic Bomb (Popularity: )
(Score: 19.99)
http://intergate.cccoe.k12.ca.us/abomb/
A resource for teachers and students learning about the history and circumstances of the atomic bomb and those involved.
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Truman’s Motivations: Using the Atomic Bomb in the Second World War (Popularity: )
(Score: 19.82)
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jcoops/papers/atomicbombtruman.htm
A research paper examining Truman's motivations for using the Atomic bomb against Japan during World War II. Answers the question: Was the bomb needed?
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The Atomic Bomb (Popularity: )
(Score: 18.83)
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/4526/index1.html
Describes the process of fission as it relates to the bomb, covers the effects on people and buildings, has a timeline of events in the development of the bomb, and photos of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as well as other bomb effects.
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Albert Einstein and the Atomic Bomb (Popularity: )
(Score: 18.83)
http://www.doug-long.com/einstein.htm
Albert Einstein's role in the creation of the atomic bomb and his views on the a-bombing of Japan.
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Documentation and Diagrams of the Atomic Bomb (Popularity: )
(Score: 18.83)
http://www.serendipity.li/more/atomic.html
Outlaw labs information on the atomic bomb. Includes history, descriptions and diagrams.
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Trinity and Beyond (Popularity: )
(Score: 18.71)
http://www.vce.com/trinity.html
(the Atomic Bomb Movie)Website devoted to documentary films dealing with atomic history and obscure material on atomic testing. Contains many unique and rare QuickTime movies and jpeg photos regarding atomic testing and nuclear detonations.
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Conelrad: All Things Atomic (Popularity: )
(Score: 17.73)
http://www.conelrad.com/
Devoted to atomic culture past and present. The creation of writers who grew up in the shadow of the bomb and all its attendant pop culture fallout, list of atomic links.
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Atomic Archive (Popularity: )
(Score: 17.04)
http://www.atomicarchive.com/
This site explores the complex history surrounding the invention of the atomic bomb
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Documents Relating to the Development of the Atomic Bomb and Its use on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Popularity: )
(Score: 16.94)
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/hiroshim.htm
A large collection of original documents relating to the decision to develop and use the atomic bomb. Historic reports from the Manhattan Project, and correspondence, memos, diary entries and reports from a variety of major decision makers of the period ...
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Atomic Veteran Web Site (Popularity: )
(Score: 16.62)
http://www.angelfire.com/tx/atomicveteran/index.html
Observations and personal experiences of early atmospheric atomic bomb testing at the Nevada and Pacific test sites.
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The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb (Popularity: )
(Score: 15.97)
http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/70-7_23.htm
A well-referenced study of the American decision to use the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Text document.
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Major Effects of the Atomic Bomb (Popularity: )
(Score: 15.95)
http://www.hiroshima-cdas.or.jp/HICARE/abe.html
Descriptions of medical effects of the atomic bombing including photographs, collected data and methodology.
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Atomic Bomb: Decision (Popularity: )
(Score: 15.81)
http://www.dannen.com/decision/index.html
Official American documents and personal accounts on the decision to use atomic armaments on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945 respectively.
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The Bomb: When the Earth Caught Fire (Popularity: )
(Score: 15.79)
http://mcel.pacificu.edu/as/students/gaskill2/bomb.html
This examination of popular news media in the months after the atomic bombing of Japan demonstrates the highly contradictory emotions of American scientists, politicians, and the public toward atomic armaments.
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Atomic Archive (Popularity: )
(Score: 15.58)
http://www.atomicarchive.com
Explore the complex history surrounding the invention of the atomic bomb - a crucial turning point for all mankind. Follow a time line of nuclear history to today. CD-ROM for sale.
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America Faces the Atomic Age: 1946 (Popularity: )
(Score: 15.58)
http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/aureview/1984/jan-feb/graybar.html
The A-bomb and atomic testing were entirely new phenomena in history and there was a variety of opinion about the tests and the weapon. This article used polls and journalistic impressions to discuss the spectrum of this opinion.
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Comprehensive History of US Atomic Bomb Testing (Popularity: )
(Score: 15.55)
http://www.fas.org/nuke/hew/Usa/Tests/
Details of surface and subsurface atomic tests conducted in the United States and their impact on human health. Includes maps of test sites and links to summaries of individual shots.
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The Bomb That Fell on Niagara (Popularity: )
(Score: 15.54)
http://www.ask.ne.jp/~hankaku/english/niagara_fall.html
Describing the chronology of the making of the atomic bomb and Niagara Falls' involvement in the production of the largest amount of uranium metal for the entire Manhattan Project.
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Trinity Site (Popularity: )
(Score: 14.91)
http://www.ninfinger.org/~sven/trinity/trin_brochure.html
The National Atomic Museum's history of the first atomic bomb test at Trinity Site in New Mexico.
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Comprehensive History of US Atomic Bomb Testing (Popularity: )
(Score: 14.60)
http://www.fas.org/nuke/hew/Usa/Tests/index.html
Federation of American Scientist's site containing details of surface and subsurface atomic tests conducted in the United States and their impact on human health. Includes maps of test sites and links to detailed summaries of individual nuclear tests ...
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The Bureau of Atomic Tourism (Popularity: )
(Score: 14.07)
http://www.atomictourist.com/
The Bureau of Atomic Tourism promotes tourist locations that have either been the site of atomic explosions, display exhibits on the development of atomic devices, or contain atomic weapons delivery systems. Includes links to related materials.
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Atomic bomb pioneer warns of continued nuclear threat (Popularity: )
(Score: 13.86)
http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/05/02/doomsday.clock/index.html
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The Atomic Bomb is Dropped (Popularity: )
(Score: 12.78)
http://www.antique-radio.org/sounds/events/abomb.htm
Photographs, description and the original sound recording of the announcement of the bombing provided by the Bellingham Antique Radio Museum.
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Conelrad: Atomic Culture (Popularity: )
(Score: 12.56)
http://www.conelrad.com
About 'the bomb' and all its attendant pop culture fallout.
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The Bomb for My Pillow--A Child of the Atomic Age (Popularity: )
(Score: 12.53)
http://atomicchildhood.songsmyth.com
A young African-American man's reminiscence of growing up in the shadow of nuclear annihilation during the 1950's. Educators may copy it freely.
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The Atomic Age: A Brief Overview (Popularity: )
(Score: 12.37)
http://www.turkeyland.net/atom.html
An overview of the Manhattan Project, the use of the bomb, the development of the Cold War and the physics of nuclear weapons. Includes photographs and a bibliography.
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It Seems Like Yesterday - Winter 99: The Atomic Age (Popularity: )
(Score: 12.13)
http://www.itseemslikeyesterday.com/1999_winter/index.asp
A history of the Atomic Age of the 1950s. Includes links to a few feature articles from the 1950s that let the reader get an idea of the social impact of atomic weapons on American society.
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FUSE Atomic Data Page (Popularity: )
(Score: 11.97)
http://violet.pha.jhu.edu/support/atomdata/atom.html
Provides atomic data (statistical weights, transition probablilities, and oscillator strengths) for elements Hydrogen (including Deuterium) up to Ge (atomic number 32), plus Tables of UV lines sorted by wavelength.
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Anno Atomi: Growing Up with the Atom (Popularity: )
(Score: 11.96)
http://www.aracnet.com/~histgaz/atomi/
Documents the atmospheric atomic bomb tests conducted at the Nevada Test Site during 1957. Compiled using government press releases and images, with comments by soldiers and citizens.
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Bomb Damage In Japan (Popularity: )
(Score: 11.70)
http://www.nightscribe.com/Military/WW2/bomb_damage_in_japan.htm
A collection of personal photos taken immediately after the war depicting the damage to Hiroshima and Nagasaki from the atomic bombing, as well as other Japanese cities due to conventional bombing.
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Remembering Nagasaki (Popularity: )
(Score: 11.62)
http://www.exploratorium.edu/nagasaki/mainn.html
A slide show of Nagasaki after the US dropped its second atomic bomb on Japan. Also provides links to commentaries from site visitors and online public forum of ideas and opinions about the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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Scientific Data of the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Disaster (Popularity: )
(Score: 11.32)
http://www-sdc.med.nagasaki-u.ac.jp/n50/start-E.html
Information on the physical, medical and epidemiological effects of the bombing of Nagasaki. Includes the testimony of Dr. Raisuke Shirabe, maps of the destroyed areas, and a list of links for further information.
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Medical aspects of atomic bomb disaster in Nagasaki (Popularity: )
(Score: 11.29)
http://www-sdc.med.nagasaki-u.ac.jp/n50/disaster/medical-E.html
Descriptions and photographs of medical results of bombing at Nagasaki. Includes photomicrographs of tissue changes and account of long term medical effects of exposure.
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Kurchatov Institute (Popularity: )
(Score: 11.13)
http://www.kiae.ru/eng/wel/dmk/bdma.htm
A museum about Igor Kurchatov, head of the USSR's A-bomb project, and Soviet nuclear weapons research. Provides virtual tours of Kurchatov's life and Soviet atomic research facilities.
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Doug's Atomic Clocks (Popularity: )
(Score: 10.86)
http://www.niceties.com/atomic.html
Details on Doug Hogarth's experiments with his atomic clock.
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Main\Reference\Time\Clocks and Watches
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New Physics 2000 (Popularity: )
(Score: 10.85)
http://www.newphysics2000.org/
The nature of atomic particles, atomic nuclei and atoms.
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Atomic Clock Time (Popularity: )
(Score: 10.80)
http://www.atomictime.net/
Displayed in a variety of useful formats. Site is a front-end to U.S. government atomic clocks.
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