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INDEX
Page numbers in italics refer to figures.
ABC News, 379–82, 394
Abelson, Philip H., 290
Abenaki Indians, 310–11
adenine, 240, 264
Adrenoray Company, 95
Afghanistan, 383
AIDS, 317
Akihito, 357
ALARA (as low as reasonably achievable), 422n71
alkaline earth metals, 49, 90, 175, 424n21
allopaths, 118–20
alpha helix, 263, 265–66
alpha particles: atomic particles and, 55–63, 66–67, 69, 75; Bothe and, 58–59; bouncing of, 55–56, 214, 252; Chadwick and, 60; conservation of mass and, 69–71; Feather and, 60; as helium nucleus, 55; radioactivity and, 55–63, 66–67, 69, 75, 90, 160, 214, 245, 252, 319, 334, 417n14, 418n33, 419n7, 423nn76 and 77, 425n30; Rutherford and, 160, 252, 418n33; short range of, 55
Al Qaeda, 383
alternating current (AC), 12–15, 30, 32, 95, 166, 259, 350
American Gynecological Society, 130
American Medical Association (AMA), 101
Amherst College, 220
amino acids, 235–36, 241, 264
anemia, 87, 96–97, 99–100, 111, 121, 156–57, 168, 230
anesthesia, 242–43, 294, 402–3
angle of departure, 143–44, 376, 427n6
Anjain, Lekoj, 189
Annals of Physics and Chemistry journal, 117
anthrax, 317
Aryanism, 223
Astbury, William, 258–59
asthma, 83, 195
Atomic Bomb Artifacts Collection, 427n10
Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (ABCC), 191, 197–98
atomic bombs, 27, 337; angle of departure for, 143–44, 427n6; atomic particles and, 71, 73–74, 76; B-29 bombers and, 141–42, 144; B-52 bombers and, 375, 377–78, 383–86, 394–95; bomb shelters and, 261, 393, 450n28; cancer and, 187, 189–91, 193, 196–97, 199, 201–5, 283; death zone of, 393; dropping without killing pilot, 141–44, 146, 150; Einstein and, 432n52; fireballs and, 147, 173; forward momentum and, 143–44; genetics and, 206–7,
224, 227, 230; German target for, 421n61; ground zero and, 144–45, 147, 149, 152, 157–58, 163, 169, 172, 193–94, 199, 427n5, 428n30; heat from, 146–47; high altitude detonation of, 169, 430n14; Hiroshima and, 76, 145–46 (see also Hiroshima); hydrogen bombs and, 375 (see also hydrogen bombs); infertility and, 324; Life Span Study (LSS) and, 191, 196, 198–205, 227–29; light from, 149–51; Manhattan Project and, 73, 103–6, 109–10, 112, 140, 159, 226, 421n61, 425n24; mini, 376; Muller on, 224–25; Nagasaki and, 76, 159–60, 162–63, 166, 169, 190, 198–99, 227, 262, 427n8, 430n13, 433n53, 447n8; NUKEMAP and, 393; optimum angle of departure for, 143; plutonium and, 110–11, 159–60, 170, 177, 386, 423n76, 426n3, 429n36, 449n14; QUICK COUNT and, 389–92; race to create, 105; radiation sickness and, 141–44, 148–49, 151, 155, 158–59, 161, 163, 187, 189–91, 196, 201–6, 227, 230, 262–63, 295, 306, 312, 335, 338, 428n29, 433n7, 434n28; radioactive fallout and, 166–68, 171; radioactivity and, 41–42; Sasaki and, 145–58, 167, 188, 427n8; shock waves and, 144–45, 150, 160, 163, 185, 352, 390, 430n14; survivor studies and, 187, 189–91, 196, 201–6, 227, 230, 295, 306, 312, 335, 338, 433n7, 434n28; Tibbets and, 141–44, 146, 150, 376, 427n6; triggering devices for, 159; uranium and, 380 (see also uranium); use of term, 426n1, 430n10
Atomic Energy Commission, 169, 173, 175, 425n26
atomic nucleus, 414n4; atomic particles and, 52–64, 66, 69–72, 77, 416n3, 417n19; atom splitting and, 62–64; Bohr and, 65; bounce-back experiments and, 423n77; Bragg and, 252; Chadwick and, 58–62, 161; composition of, 57–58; hydrogen bombs and, 165 (see also hydrogen bombs); mass of, 57–58; nuclear fission and, 72–73 (see also nuclear fission); nuclear reactors and, 73–74; quantum mechanics and, 64–66, 438n15, 446n20; radiation sickness and, 160–61; radioactive fallout and, 184; radioactivity and, 42–46, 49–50; relative size of, 52, 57, 416n3; Rutherford and, 54–58, 62, 160, 214, 252, 423n77; tunneling theory and, 65–66
atomic particles: alpha particles and, 55–63, 66–67, 69, 75, 90, 160, 214, 245, 252, 319, 334, 417n14, 418n33, 419n7, 423nn76 and 77, 425n30; atomic bomb and, 71, 73–74, 76; atomic nucleus and, 416n3, 417n19; atom splitting and, 62–64; beta particles and, 45, 55, 58, 61, 155–56, 168, 184, 334, 419n7; Bothe and, 58–59; bounce-back experiments and, 56–57, 62, 160, 214, 252, 423n77; decay chain and, 43, 85, 276, 425n29; electricity and, 63, 68; electromagnetism and, 59, 62, 74, 77; electrons, 23–24, 29, 36–37, 45, 51–52, 55–58, 61–63, 68, 98, 134–35, 161, 399, 411n9, 413n36, 414nn4 and 62, 417n14, 418n29; fluorescence and, 55, 62, 65, 67–68, 75; gamma rays and, 3, 35, 45–46, 59–62, 93, 101, 111, 113, 125, 133, 151, 155–56, 160, 174, 319, 334, 415nn14 and 15, 419n7, 423n76, 425n30, 426n38, 444n18; Gamow and, 65–66, 71; hydrogen bomb and, 76; ions and, 36–37, 45, 98, 240, 414n62, 422n68; neutrons, 43–45, 52, 58, 61–62, 66, 72–73, 108, 110–11, 151, 159–61, 170, 184–86, 319, 355, 415n13, 417n19, 422n72, 423n76, 426n38, 430n17; nuclear fusion and, 74–76; nucleus and, 52–64, 66, 69–72, 77; plum pudding model of, 51–52, 54, 56, 61, 65, 77, 260; protons, 43–45, 52, 57–63, 66–67, 71–73, 90, 160–61, 170, 184, 246, 415nn12,13, and 19, 417nn19 and 21, 418n33, 420n17, 426n38, 430n17; radioactive decay and, 43–45, 53–54, 62, 69–70, 72, 426n38; radioisotopes and, 54–55, 59–60; radium and, 59–60, 63; Rutherford and, 50, 52–68, 71, 75, 77; safety and, 67–69; Thomson and, 51–54, 56; transmutation and, 54, 416n10, 418n33, 435n13; uranium and, 55, 72–74; x-rays and, 54, 62
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