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For example, the Googie architecture, amoeba-shaped furniture, and space cars seen on The Jetsons referenced both atomic and Space Age designs—which makes sense, given the cartoon’s original ...
A Celebration of Atomic Age Architecture and Design” on the swooping, space-age architectural style that Phoenix describes as the “jazz of midcentury architecture.” ...
As spotted by IGN, a user over on the Civilization subreddit shared evidence that the Atomic Age will be added to the game to join Civ 7's current three Ages: Antiquity, Exploration, and Modern.
The original Atomic Energy Act of 1946 provided that, besides being used for weapons, "the development and utilization of atomic energy shall, so far as practicable, be directed toward ...
U.S. employment of the atomic bomb looked like anything but an act of renunciation; ... Atomic Age: Tomorrow. 3 minute read. TIME. August 20, 1945 12:00 AM GMT-4.
A black-and-white photo of a Las Vegas dancer posing in a mushroom-cloud swimsuit became iconic of America's "atomic age," but for decades her identity was unknown. The mystery has finally been ...
Scientists have developed the most accurate atomic clock – if you ran it for twice the current age of the universe, it would only be off by one second. This could not only improve services like ...
As a warning about how close we are to atomic holocaust, the Doomsday Clock stands at 90 seconds to midnight, the closest it has ever been since its invention in 1947.
Atomic tourism is nearly as old as the nuclear age, and some of its favorite vintage haunts are still open. In the 1950s, Las Vegas casinos held “Miss Atomic Bomb” pageants and hosted ...
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 ...
A new $18.8 million public library by HASTINGS Architecture opened its doors recently in Nashville, Tennessee.The June 24 opening was celebrated with musical performances, a puppet show, and ...
Years before Robert Oppenheimer led the Los Alamos lab that developed the first nuclear weapons, physicists in D.C. thrust the world into the atomic age — inside a narrow, zigzagging tunnel ...