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22 matches to Hydrogen Bomb
Hydrogen Bomb. Thermonuclear or H-Bomb. 1952 US. 1953 USSR. 1957 Britain. 1968 France. 1971 China. 1974 India. ? Israel. Atomic Bomb.
Sakharov, Andrei. 1921-89. Soviet physicist, human rights activist. Hydrogen bomb. Formed Committee for Human Rights 1970.
Cavendish, Henry. 1731-1810. English chemist, physicist. Disc. hydrogen, 1766. Synthesis of water.
Charles, Jacques. French physicist, launched early hydrogen balloon 1783 with Robert. Gas Law V=kT 1798.
Aldermaston March. 1958-64. Annual ‘Ban the Bomb’ demonstration of CND.
Atom Bomb. 1945 US. 1949 USSR. 1952 Britain. 1960 France. 1964 China. 1974 India. 1989 South Africa (dismantled). 1998 Pakistan. ? Israel. 1990s Argentina, Brazil. Soon: Iraq, Iran, North Korea. H-Bomb. Neutron Bomb.
Copenhagen, Battle. 1801. Nelson destroys Danish fleet. 1807. British bomb Copenhagen.
Enola Gay. US plane which dropped H-bomb on Hiroshima, 1945.
Guernica. Spanish Basque capital bombed by Germans for Franco, 1937. Euzkadi. Picasso. Spanish Civil War.
Harris, Arthur. 1892-1984. WWII air marshal. Saturation bombing.
Haymarket Riot. 1886. Anarchist bomb kills 7 police at Chicago labour demonstration.
Hiroshima. Japanese city destroyed 1945 by first A-bomb. 75000 killed.
Lockerbie Scotland. 1988 Terrorist bomb downs PanAm plane killing 270. Libya.
Manhattan Project. 1942-5. Developed US Atomic Bomb.
Mers-el-Kébir. 1940 British sink French fleet so Axis can’t seize them. French bomb Gibraltar.
Nagasaki. Japanese city destroyed by 2nd A-bomb, Aug 9, 1945.
Neumann, John von. 1903-57. Hungarian/US mathematician. Computer theory; serial process. Assisted H-bomb development. Minimax theorem 1928.Theory of Games 1944.
Ruhr. German steel region. Occupied by France 1923-30. Heavily bombed in WWII.
Seaborg, Glenn. 1912-99. US chemist. Isolated plutonium, Atom bomb ingredient.
Teller, Edward. 1908-. Hungarian/US physicist. Manhattan project. Supported H-bomb.
Truman, Harry S. 1884-1972. US president, 1945-53. Decided to drop A-Bomb. Potsdam. NATO. Korean War. Taft-Hartley. Fair Deal.
Urey, Harold. 1893-1981. US physicist. Isolated deuterium 1931. Heavy water needed for atomic bomb.