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From Little Boy to Peacekeeper

How the Language of Nuclear Weapons Shaped the Atomic Age

Written by:

David A Wargowski
Domains: Linguistics, Engineering & Global History

Introduction On July 1, 1946, less than a year after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a B-29 bomber named Dave’s Dream approached Bikini Atoll carrying a plutonium implosion bomb nearly identical to the weapon that had destroyed Nagasaki. Unlike its wartime predecessor, however, this bomb carried a different identity. Painted on its casing […]

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David A Wargowski
David Wargowski is an American artist whose work explores the history, science, and culture of the nuclear age through what he terms “Nuclear Impressionism.” His imagery has appeared in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, where he is also a Legacy Society member, and he serves as an advisor to several leading nuclear history organisations.

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