Sunday, August 6, 2000

History today -- 1:32 pm CST, Update by The Master

Just finished rereading Richard Rhodes The Making of the Atomic Bomb last night, and realized that today is a day of infamy in history. At 8:06 am, August 6, 1945, the United States dropped the first military atomic bomb, nicknamed "Little Boy", on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Over 200,000 people have died as a direct result of this weapon in the city of Hiroshima, and indirect effects are affecting people to this day. While atomic weapons have forced a kind of peace upon the world, we can never forget the drastic consequences of the weapons we have wrought upon the world.

J.t.Qbe comments: What a great book. Be sure not to miss "Dark Sun", which covers the hydrogen bomb. For fun, you could also rent "Fat Man and Little Boy" and pick out all the historical errors. After reading The Making of the Atomic Bomb, they'll be pretty obvious. . .

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