Nuclear Weapons
& Warfare
PHYS20061
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Nuclear Warfare
2
Modern Warfare in the 20
th
Century
3
The Development of Nuclear Science (1900 - 1939)
4
The Development of Nuclear Science ( WWII )
5
The Beginning of the Nuclear Age
6
Los Alamos
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Hiroshima & Nagasaki
8
Moral Opposition
9
Cold War and Proliferation
10
The Hydrogen Bomb
11
Proliferation beyond the “Superpowers”
12
The Bomb Test Programs 1946 - 1963
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The Nature of the Blast
14
Atmospheric Tests at Low and High Altitude
15
Underwater and Underground Blasts
16
Destructive Effects of Nuclear Weapons
17
Firestorms
18
Radiation Effects of a Nuclear Bomb
19
Studies of impact of ionizing radiation on the human body
20
Radiation Fallout
21
Nuclear Winter
22
The New Fear: Terrorists!
Syllabus 2006
Homework 1
Homework 2
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