HISC 111. The Atomic Bomb and the Atomic Age (4 units)
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Description
Development of nuclear science and weapons—1930s to present—including the discovery of radioactivity and fission, the Manhattan project, the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and end of WWII, the H-bomb, and legacies of nuclear proliferation, environmental damage, and radioactive waste.
Prerequisite courses
HISC 111 has no prerequisite courses.
Successor courses
No courses have HISC 111 as a prerequisite.