This lecture explores the development of nuclear technologies and weapons in the United States and around the world.
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Nuclear Testing Legacy
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Every Nuclear Detonation Ever
Orbital Mechanics | 2015 | Trinity | Vimeo | 13:44 Minutes
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Radio Bikini (1988)
Description: Radio Bikini is a 1988 American documentary film directed by Robert Stone. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 1988 for Best Documentary Feature.
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Third Nuclear Test for North Korea
Feasibility Study of Weapons Test Fallout | 2005 | Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Description: “Report on the Health Consequences to the American Population from Nuclear Weapons Tests Conducted by the United States and Other Nations”
Report: Radiation and Your Health
Various Authors | Timeline on North Korea’s Nuclear Program | The New York Times
Description: “The country’s nuclear weapons program and its development of long-range rocket systems have angered many in the West, including in the United States, where the last several presidents have struggled to try to force the North to end its push for nuclear arms.”
Article: North Korea's Nuclear Program
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Tsar Bomba
Tsar Bomba – Largest Nuclear Device Ever Tested (50MT) | 3:27 Minutes
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PBS Nature
Radioactive Wolves | October 19, 2011 | PBS Nature | 56:03 Minutes
Description: “What happens to nature after a nuclear accident? And how does wildlife deal with the world it inherits after human inhabitants have fled? The historic nuclear accident at Chernobyl is now 25 years old. Filmmakers and scientists set out to document the lives of the packs of wolves and other wildlife thriving in the “dead zone” that still surrounds the remains of the reactor.”