- Alex Wellerstein is a historian of science and nuclear weapons and a professor at the Stevens Institute of Technology. He is also the creator of the NUKEMAP. This blog began in 2011. For more, follow @wellerstein.Want more nuclear secrecy content? Check out my book:
Restricted Data: The History of Nuclear Secrecy in the United States (University of Chicago Press, 2021).I also have a new blog/newsletter which updates much more regularly:
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