Nuclear History + Culture
Nuclear History + Culture
Going on 80 years, John Hersey’s Hiroshima still affects how we think about the human impacts of nuclear weapons. As August comes to a close, I want to wrap up the month by looking at John Hersey’s eye-opening, first-person account…
Why are negative views of nuclear topics so common? Spencer Weart has spent years explaining that very question. The Rise of Nuclear Fear by Spencer R. Weart builds upon the author’s earlier notable 1988 work Nuclear Fear: A History of…
Today marks 81 years since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Barefoot Gen tells us the story through a child’s eyes. Barefoot Gen is a 1983 anime film directed by Mori Masaki and based on Keiji Nakazara’s manga of the same…
Ray Bradbury’s 1950 post-apocalyptic short story There Will Come Soft Rains takes place on August 4, 2026. Well, it’s August 5th… and we’re still here. There Will Come Soft Rains is a 1950 short story by legendary science fiction writer…
Shin Godzilla turns 10 years old this year. How does it hold up as part of a prolific franchise? Without even planning it, I am watching Shin Godzilla for the first time almost exactly 10 years after its release in…
Annie Jacobsen is a Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist with accomplished popular reads such as Area 51 and Operation Paperclip. I have not yet had the pleasure of reading Jacobsen’s other works, but will certainly be doing so after reading her newest…