Keyword

atomic bomb

Description: A nuclear explosive weapon that releases energy through nuclear reactions, discussed in contexts such as warfare, diplomacy, and international relations.

Primary topic: Twentieth Century Scientific Developments (27%)

Wikidata ID: wiki/Q650051

OpenAlex ID: keywords/atomic-bomb

The formation of a blast wave by a very intense explosion I. Theoretical discussion

1950 · Geoffrey Ingram Taylor · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences · 1,377

The Nuclear Borderlands

2006 · Joseph Masco · Princeton University Press eBooks · 830

The Making of the Atomic Bomb

1986 · Richard Rhodes · 622

Humanity: A Moral History of the Twentieth Century

2000 · Jonathan Glover · 369

By the Bomb's Early Light: American Thought and Culture at the Dawn of the Atomic Age

1987 · Paul Boyer, Philip L. Cantelon · Physics Today · 332

Historical empathy and perspective taking in the social studies

2002 · Choice Reviews Online · 317

The making of the Indian atomic bomb: science, secrecy and the postcolonial state

1999 · Choice Reviews Online · 262

By the Bomb's Early Light: American Thought and Culture at the Dawn of the Atomic Age

1986 · James Gilbert, Paul Boyer · Journal of American History · 262

Enhancing research collaborations: Three key management challenges

2008 · Gabriele Bammer · Research Policy · 223

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Die Atombombe und die Zukunft des Menschen

1958 · De Gruyter eBooks · 213

Now It Can be Told: The Story of the Manhattan Project.

1962 · Vincent C. Jones, Leslie R. Groves, et al. · Military Affairs · 178

Fear Itself: The New Deal and the Origins of Our Time

2017 · Ira Katznelson · The SHAFR Guide Online · 170

By the Bomb's Early Light: American Thought and Culture at the Dawn of the Atomic Age

1986 · Charles C. Alexander, Paul Boyer · The American Historical Review · 154

Atomic Diplomacy: Hiroshima and Potsdam

1966 · Gar Alperovitz, R. C. Whitten · American Journal of Physics · 154

Displays of Power: Memory and Amnesia in the American Museum

1999 · Steven C. Dubin · Medical Entomology and Zoology · 140

American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

2017 · Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin · The SHAFR Guide Online · 139

Eisenhower and the Cold War

2017 · Robert A Divine · The SHAFR Guide Online · 138

Survival City: Adventures Among the Ruins of Atomic America

2002 · Tom Vanderbilt · 133

Brighter than a Thousand Suns: A Personal History of the Atomic Scientists

1958 · Robert Jungk, James Cleugh · Medical Entomology and Zoology · 124

Bomb power: the modern presidency and the national security state

2010 · Choice Reviews Online · 122

American Prometheus: the triumph and tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

2005 · Choice Reviews Online · 122

"What do You care what other people think?": further adventures of a curious character

1989 · Choice Reviews Online · 120

American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer

2005 · ARNOLD WERNER · American Journal of Psychiatry · 117

Nuclear Statecraft: History and Strategy in America's Atomic Age

2013 · J. M. Siracusa · Journal of American History · 116

The Evolution of Weapons and Warfare

1980 · Trevor Nevitt Dupuy · Virtual Defense Library (Ministerio de Defensa) · 114

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Citation count: 24,080