FilmTitle Atomic Archive

Scientific History of Science

Organisation AJ Software & Multimedia

Country USA

Website www.atomicarchive.com

Producer Christopher Griffith

Director Christopher Griffith

Previous Award

1999 Pirelli Internetional Award

for Best CD-ROM

Synopsis

Witness the discoveries of the pioneering physicists Ernest

Rutherford, Enrico Fermi, and J. Robert Oppenheimer. Read

Albert Einstein's letter of warning of atomic bombs to President

Franklin D. Roosevelt, then view the actual footage of the

mushroom clouds rising above Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Formerly classified documents and photographs guide you

through an extraordinary exploration of Cold War History.



Atomic Archive features self-running photo catalogs, over thirty

minutes of historical footage, an interactive nuclear history

timeline, a glossary of more than 200 terms, maps of global

nuclear test sites - plus hundreds of photos and videos.



Colourful animations of atomic physics, fission and fusion bombs,

make complex ideas easy to grasp. Learn key concepts from

critical mass to radioactive decay. Examine the thermal radiation,

blast and human effects of nuclear weapons. Explore "what if"

scenarios of nuclear explosions on San Francisco, New York and

Detroit.

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