Atomic bomb (12 Ergebnisse)

Softcover. Zustand: Fine. No dust jacket. First Edition. Pub. by Hiroshimakankobussan, no date, presumed first edition. Stapled wraps in fine condition; appears new. 7 x 10 in., unpaginated (approx. 32 pp.).

Soft cover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket Issued. 1st Edition. An Unmarred copy of a collection of testimonies and pictures by sufferers of the A- bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Color reproductions of the artwork.

Trade paperback. Zustand: Very good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Text in English and Japanese. [6], 44 (with facing color illustrations), (9) pages. Glossary. Name in ink on title page. Slight cover wear. Format is approximately 7.25 inches by 10 inches. Includes Greetings from Shigefumi Matsuzasa, Governor of Kanagawa Prefecture. By the end of 1945, the atomic bombings of Japan had killed an estimated 140,000 people at Hiroshima and 74,000 at Nagasaki, including those who died from radiation poisoning. Often lost in those numbers are the experiences of the survivors, known as hibakusha (literally "atomic bomb-affected people"). Since the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan has been a world leader in the anti-nuclear movement. This movement was also prompted in part by American hydrogen bomb tests in the Marshall Islands in 1954. During the Castle Bravo test, the largest ever conducted by the United States, fallout reached a Japanese fishing boat named Daigo Fukury Maru or "Fifth Lucky Dragon," located 80 miles east of the test site.…

Zustand: Neat ink notation fine. Bifolium, 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 in., printed in blue and black. Includes three bullet points of the resolution urging nuclear disarmament with statements from Linus Pauling, Philip Morrison, Thomas Mann, and others.

Zustand: Very Good. Newspaper front cover leading story. Light tanning to edges and in Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. NEWSPAPERS.

Mimeographed broadside, 8-1/2 x 11 in. Graphic bulletin board announcement of the lecture held at the Wilshire Ebell Theater, with the sub-subtitle "The Oppenheimer Charges, 'The Massive Retaliation' Policy." The graphic illustration depicts an enormous mushroom cloud. A Nobel Prize-winning Chemist, Harold Urey joined the Manhattan Project working on uranium enrichment. In the post-war years he advocated for world government to control atomic energy and reduce the risk of nuclear war. Pencil notation in upper corner; toning to bottom edge, right margin, and a rectangular portion of verso; folded twice horizontally and with a touch of wrinkling and tiny tears at folds. …

°°° FIRST DANISH/SKANDINAVIAN EDITION in the year of the English First, SOFTCOVER ORIGINAL; ''This book has been written solely with translation in mind; it has not been published in Japan. . .''(Translation of the beginning of the Introduction). All Authors - most of them children at the time - became more or less prominent 'Hibakusha' and those who were lucky to live a longer life actively worked in the peace-movement against nuclear weapons or were even member of the NGO Nihon Hidankyo of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2024. . . - Rearcover slightly used; A VERY GOOD COPY OF A SAD BOOK. …

11 mimeographed leaves, 8-1/2 by 14 in., with cover leaf, stapled. An advance copy of the pamphlet that was issued by the council as "Can We Live with the Atom : An Answer by Scientists and Physicians." Neat ink notations - including date - on front; areas of toning near margins of cover leaf; general wear; good. …

4to, vii + 21 pp. Stapled pamphlet, on two different paper stocks (white and grey), front cover detached. Text clear and complete. Good, on aged paper, with crease to one corner of title-leaf. Title leaf printed, the rest mimeographed. Pp. v-vii consist of an appendix at the rear of the volume. Occult pseudo-science (the Society's logo is a pentacle), presaging the hippie 'retreat from reason' in the face of Cold War realities. Begins 'For ten years the Society of Metaphysicians has worked in the interests of human unity at all levels. Our statements are supported by this work and by the results of this work, by observation, calculation and fundamental law. | Now, as a Society, we are able to say emphatically that cataclysm has already begun, is with us now, is gathering its powers of destruction against mankind.' There will be an atomic conflagration, and there is 'no hope for humanity in general', and 'whether we shall, in fact, be able to rebuild as rapidly as [H. G. Wells] suggested, depends upon the magnitude of spiritual values to be found amongst us now'. The public are 'of an average mental age of 7-10 years'. 'Fortunately, many died from privation and disease [in the Second World War].' 'Organised Cooperation' ('group living, group experience and unified essential Brotherhood') is a 'spiritual duty'. The pamphlet is underpinned by a section of 'Supporting Evidence'. Scarce: the only copies of this first edition on COPAC at the legal deposit libraries. The Typed Letter Signed (4to, 1 p), in blue and red ink, urges Brook 'to publicise these important matters'. See Image. …

37pp., 12mo (including two irrelevant pages at the rear), of pencil notes, with some diagrams. In a spiral-bound 'No. 430 Reporter's Note Book' by Brown Knight & Truscott, Ltd, London. In good condition, lightly aged and worn. On cover: 'G. Reeves Atom'. The notes were made at meetings or lectures held at roughly fortnightly intervals. (The last page records 'No meetings' on 9 and 23 June.) Topics include: 'Types of Shelter', 'Refuge Room', 'Long range rocket', 'Antipersonnel Bomb' ('When a bomb is found a red flag in a stick is to be placed 3 paces to the North so that B[omb]. Dis[posal] Off[icer]. knows that the bomb is 3 paces south'), 'Chem Warfare' (including 'Persistent Gases', 'Blister Gas', 'Nerve Gas', 'Choking Gases'), 'Protection from High Explosive', 'Effect of Atom Bomb' (including 'Gum-ache'), 'Tear Gas', 'Gas proofing a room', 'Decontamination' ('Roads Bleach is the stuff. | Walls. Bleach paste & slosh it on the walls & then hose down Furniture. Carpets weather them & also curtains.'). The notebook begin with the proposed organisational structure: 'Region SE Kent Sussex Surrey | Home Secty Planning Come. F. Services | 11 Regions Regional Comme. | (County C. & County Boro.) SE | Operationally direct to Reg Come. | Region to be split up into Zones | SE = 3 Zones - Surrey Sx & Kent with Zone Controller | Z Controller subdivided into Sub Zones (Query T.W., T. , T. , & Southboro) | Sub Zone Commander | Local Areas | 6 Sections H. Qtr. Controll [sic] Centre. | Wardens | Rescue Squad Ambulance | Pioneer Corps (Decontamination) | Welfare Corps | Home Secty. Plan Come., Regional O, Div, S/DO | C D Watkin | Full time 8 hr a day. | 2nd Line Civil Mobile Force | Target Area | 5 Part 1 11 Part 2 | Course K'. The first dated notes begin: 'Friday Mch 30th 7.30 (Atom Bomb): 19.2.51 | 1 3/4 galls water in 1 min | No 1 Fighter has nozzle will go in & fight fire. Other 3 with water all must be resolute | No 2. will pump. "Water on" No 2 must never leave off pumping. | No 3. Looks after No 1 & No 2 Keeps & maintains contact with No 1 & helps No 2 by filling pails. No 4 looks after No 2 & No 3 | assists No 3 with filling water. | Changing over No 4 with No 2 important | No 3 changes over with No 1. (No 1 & 3. No 2 & 4.) | No 1. inspects fire. "Water here!" | length of hose, seat of fire & least dangerous position | "Water on!" | "Water off!" = Stop pumping only | "Knock off & make up!" [.]'.…

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1938 a. 1939. 4to. No wrappers. 7 original issues from "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de L'Academie des Sciences", tome 206 (Nos 10, 12, 17 a. 22) + tome 208 (Nos 5, 9 a. 13). With titlepages to both volumes. The papers tome 206: pp. 750-752, 906-908, 1256-1259 a. 1643-1644 + tome 208: pp. 341-343, 343-346, 647-649 a. 995-997. All 7 issues with a stamp to first leaf. Titlepages stamped in blind at foot "The Chemists Club Library". First appearance of these importent papers, the investigations recorded here gave an essentuial contribution to the development of the first atomic bomb and to the advancement of nuclear physics. In collaboration with his wife Irene, he discovered artificially induced radioactivity early in 1934 for which they were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 1935. The Joliot-Curies provided chemical evidence for transmutation ( the change of one element to another) with the change of aluminum into a previously unknown isotope (variety) of silicon. This led to the development of a new discipline - the production and study of radioisotopes (radioactive forms of elements), and their later investigations together with their collaborators unrolled the fission process as in the offered papers. …

Very good. Wear and toning along original fold lines. Verso repair to a fold intersection and a fold separation. Slight loss at a few fold intersections. Text and printed images on verso. Size 34.25 x 46.75 Inches. This is the chilling Atomic Bomb issue from the iconic World War II Newsmap series. Issued in 1945 as the 'Army Information Branch Newsmap of eastern China and Japan' shortly after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, one week before the Japanese announced their surrender to the Allies to end the Pacific War, World War II. Understanding the Map The map depicts the region from central China and Mongolia to Japan and from the Soviet Union to Taiwan (Formosa) and Hong Kong. Red areas highlight the regions controlled by the Chinese nationalists led by Chiang Kai-shek and the Soviet Union with the white illustrating the Japan's ever-dwindling empire. Thick red arrows illustrate the directions of advance by the Chinese south of Hankow (Hankou), the Soviet Red Army in Manchuria and Karafuto, and the U.S. Navy in the western Pacific near Japan itself. A photograph in the upper left corner presents Soviet troops in combat against the Japanese, on whom the Soviets declared war on August 8th. Mushroom Cloud: The Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagaskai The photograph in the upper right corner has since become iconic and almost immediately recognizable as the mushroom cloud rising above Hiroshima following the atomic bombing of that city by the U.S. on August 6, 1945. The bottom photograph presents the deck guns of an American warship, although it is unclear which one, though it is likely a cruiser. Publication History and Census This map was created by the Army Information Branch and published on August 20, 1945. Ten examples are cataloged in OCLC and are part of the collections at Denison University, Ohio Wesleyan University, Davidson College, the Library of Michigan, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, the University of Missouri Columbia, Wichita State University, the Denver Public Library and Texas A and M University. References: OCLC 48030780. …