atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Christopher Nolan's blockbuster has generated a torrent of historical commentary about the birth of nuclear weapons. Is there something missing from the conversation?

J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project scientists are a rare example of weapons designers who have gone down in history.

Turns out Oppenheimer’s boss lied, repeatedly, about radiation poisoning.

The so-called "father of the bomb" helped bring us prematurely into the age of existential risk.

Before Christopher Nolan’s "Oppenheimer," the world nearly got Ayn Rand’s "Tribute to Free Enterprise."

Why our nuclear fears faded – and why that’s dangerous.

Did the United States have no other option but to drop atomic bombs on Japan in order to get them to surrender?

On Collier’s 1950 cover story, “Hiroshima, USA: Can Anything Be Done About It?”

Nuclear heritage and nuclear stewardship in a quiet desert town.

What to know before equating "fire and fury" to the "rain of ruin."

The Manhattan Project scientists tried to advocate for nuclear de-escalation-instead, they unwittingly abetted the Vietnam War.

A primary source set and teaching guide created by educators.

The beauty of the atomic scientists' calculations hid from them the truly Faustian contract they scratched their names to.

Truman’s radio address on August 9, 1945 frames Hiroshima as a “military base” to justify its bombing.

We don’t need to imagine a world ravaged by nuclear war – we’re already living in it.

Aaron Bushnell and the age of immolation.

Oppenheimer and the demon heart of power.

The U.S. sought to rebrand nuclear power as a source of peace, but this message helped mask a violent history.

The US military’s greatest enemy worked in an institution saturated with military funding. How did it shape his thought?

What did Truman and Oppenheimer actually say in that room?