SZ/AB - Atomic Bomb
Reference code
SZ/AB
Level of description
Series
Title
Atomic Bomb
Date/s
1945-1947
Quantity & Format
7 files
Scope and content
This series contains a miscellany of papers relating to SZ’s activities in connection with the aftermath of the atomic bomb attacks on Japan in 1945. He was not involved in the programme to develop the bomb nor with the planning of the attacks but as an expert on the biological effects of weapons he was called upon to evaluate the findings of the teams sent to Japan to study the effects of the attacks. He was also commissioned to write an article on the atomic bomb for the journal Horizon.
The series also contains related papers by Professors Blackett and Oliphant.
The series also contains related papers by Professors Blackett and Oliphant.
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SZ - Zuckerman Archive
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- SZ/AB/1 - Atom Bomb - drafts 1945
- SZ/AB/2 - Atomic Bomb and Atomic Energy - cuttings 1945-1946
- SZ/AB/3 - A.B. [Atomic Bomb] drafts and notes 1945
- SZ/AB/4 - Blackett Memorandum 1945-1946
- SZ/AB/5 - Atom Bomb - publications 1946
- SZ/AB/6 - A-B [Atomic Bomb] papers 1946
- SZ/AB/7 - War articles: Prof. Oliphant Military Policy for Great Britain 1947