crisscrossing Science
Title
crisscrossing Science Episode 039: Nuclear Winter
Abstract
In this episode, Chris Gaiser (professor of biology at Linfield College) and Mike Crosser (professor of physics at Linfield College) invite author John Coster-Mullen to discuss the technology behind the first atomic weapons that were dropped above Japan during World War II. We learn about the design differences between the bombs dropped over Hiroshima and Nagasaki and why these differences mattered.
This episode references content discussed in Episode 024, which explains how nuclear power works.
Document Type
Audio File
Duration
32 minutes 12 seconds
Publication Date
2-5-2018
Disciplines
Energy Systems | History of Science, Technology, and Medicine | Military History | Nuclear | Nuclear Engineering | Physics | United States History
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Rights
Copyright © 2018. Terms of use for work posted in DigitalCommons@Linfield available at https://digitalcommons.linfield.edu/rights.pdf.
Recommended Citation
Crosser, Michael S.; Gaiser, J. Christopher; and Coster-Mullen, John, "crisscrossing Science Episode 039: Nuclear Winter" (2018). crisscrossing Science. Audio File. Submission 39.
https://digitalcommons.linfield.edu/crisscross/39
