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Hiroshima- August 5,1945

Hiroshima- August 5,1945. Hiroshima- August 6, 1945. Physical Destruction. Where to start?. In the early hours, thousands fled the city. Then they came back- to rescue the injured, collect corpses, and restore city functions All were exposed to residual radiation.

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Hiroshima- August 5,1945

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  1. Hiroshima- August 5,1945

  2. Hiroshima- August 6, 1945

  3. Physical Destruction

  4. Where to start? • In the early hours, thousands fled the city. Then they came back- to rescue the injured, collect corpses, and restore city functions • All were exposed to residual radiation. • But, how do you identify the age or gender of a hairless, swollen, and discolored corpse? • Or worse, the imprints of human beings vaporized by the heat of the blast.

  5. Radiation Effects

  6. What do you do with the survivors?

  7. What about the lasting effects?

  8. J. Robert Oppenheimer The lead scientist of the Manhattan Project upon seeing the fireball after successfully testing the first atomic bomb: “I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.”- Bhagavad Gita

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