ASCI 1110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Yalta Conference
12 Oct 2016
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Compare and contrast the play the physicists and the documentary atomic cafe in their presentation of the cold war culture and cold war science. Einstein wrote a letter to president roosevelt asking him to fund scientific research on the atomic bomb since germany is also working on developing a bomb. Los alamos, new mexico secret city built for the sole purpose of developing and building the atomic bomb. 8 may 1945: germany surrenders (clearly weren"t working on the bomb) 6 august little boy atomic bomb is dropped on hiroshima, japan. 9 august atomic bomb dropped on nagasaki, japan. 14 oct. 2015: in literature, you are able to explore more into the feelings of the losing side, they might have felt much more remorse/guilt than they are presented to have done. The holocaust proved that extensive bombs and weapons are not always necessary to kill millions.
