Nuclear weapons tests are among the most violent events humans can trigger, and that violence leaves fingerprints in the ...

Nuclear bomb effects computer in pocket. Also issued online. NASM copy: Circular computer lacking. MSRL copy "Changes as of Feb. 1964" inserted. 1. General principles of nuclear explosions -- 2.

While the exact risk of nuclear war remains complex and uncertain, global tensions continue to escalate, which has increased that threat. Despite the collective efforts of many nations to prevent such ...

Studies of the potential climate effects of nuclear war in the 1980s focused on northern hemisphere, large-scale nuclear conflicts, and predicted more extreme global “nuclear winter” scenarios.

This specialized slide rule was included in the back of a book "The Effects of Nuclear Weapons," to illustrate to specialists and interested lay members of the public what kind of destruction could be ...

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