Among the many technical innovations that were introduced after
World War II, none left as strong an impression on the public as
the atom bombs that destroyed two Japanese cities in August 1945.
People spoke of the 'atomic age' that had now begun, as if this
technological innovation would, all by itself, shape a new world.
The atomic age was described as one that might soon end in the
destruction of human civilization, but from the beginning, utopian
images were attached to it as well. Nuclear technology offered the
promise of applications in medicine, agriculture, and engineering,
and nuclear power could theoretically provide an unlimited supply
of energy. This book demonstrates and attempts to explain how the
popular media represented nuclear power, in its military and
non-military forms. It focuses on the first two decades of the
'atomic age, ' when national governments, military strategists,
scientists, and the public attempted to come to terms with a
technology that so drastically seemed to change the prospects for
the future. Popular magazines, comics, newspapers, public
exhibitions from across the world are examined to compare
representations of nuclear power in different countries and to
trace divergences, convergences, and exchanges.
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