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2012
June 2012
1
Visions
Photographs of gas centrifuges for uranium enrichment, past and present.
May 2012
25
Visions
Did the President of Harvard draw an atomic bomb in 1943?
18
Visions
How many nuclear tests include showgirls? Not that many.
11
Visions
How does one make visual sense out of the size of the nuclear stockpile?
4
Visions
A brief meditation on the difficulty of recapturing the blueness of J. Robert Oppenheimer's eyes, and why it might be worth doing.
April 2012
27
Visions
Stalin was a paranoid guy, but just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not after you.
20
Visions
Crude OPSEC ("operations security") animations from the late-80's, early-90's Department of Energy.
13
Visions
The origins of one of the most persistent totems of the atomic age.
6
Visions
A selection of Time magazine covers featuring nuclear weapons topics over the decades.
March 2012
30
Visions
Alternative views of the first nuclear test.
23
Visions
Uncle Sam wants you to shut your mouth.
16
Visions
One of the really noticeable difference between the Boston and DC areas are the advertisements on their public transportation systems.
9
Visions
It's 1945, just after the Trinity test. Where is General Leslie Groves looking?
2
Visions
Why Life magazine's speculative August 1945 story on the atomic bomb -- and its drawings -- raised the censors' eyebrows.
February 2012
23
News and Notes | Visions
Reflections on the "explosive" success of NUKEMAP, and answering some questions about it that I've seen floating around.
17
Visions
An obscure Soviet publication on nuclear weapons reveals differences in how different countries draw their atomic bombs.
10
Visions
A proto-NUKEMAP from 1950 tried to help industrialists assess their risk from atomic warfare.
3
Visions
A new tool for demonstrating the qualitative effects of nuclear weapons.
January 2012
27
Visions
The story behind one of the more striking photographs of the father of the atomic bomb.
20
Visions
How the casing of atomic bombs went from being Top Secret to being on display in public museums to being Top Secret again.
13
Visions
When Sandia found the casing of an old H-bomb in a classified landfill, they did the sensible thing: take photos of themselves with it.
6
Visions
Is "leak" a good metaphor for unofficial information flow? Probably not.
2011
December 2011
30
Visions
The first secret briefing by Congress on the destructive power of the hydrogen bomb -- complete with disturbing maps, centered on the White House.
24
News and Notes | Visions
Santa Claus gets searched and scrutinized by guards at the Oak Ridge Y-12 uranium enrichment facility, ca. 1950.
16
Visions
In their quest for appearing serious about secrecy, the U.S. government has gotten increasingly dull in its graphics design.
9
Visions
November 2011
25
Visions
